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Another Juneteenth has come and gone, except in Galveston. Former President Joe Biden's visit to the island last Thursday and ...
Galveston celebrates the 160th Juneteenth anniversary with a week of events honoring emancipation and African American ...
The former president joins Galveston’s Juneteenth celebration at Reedy Chapel, honoring the site’s role in Emancipation ...
Each winner of the 2025 Dr. Eugene and Dr. Maxine Hankins Cain Lansing Juneteenth Essay Competition and Scholarship Program ...
Former President Joe Biden will be attending a Juneteenth celebration at a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in ...
An hour from Houston sit historical markers, marking the significance of the federal holiday. ABC13 goes in-depth all week on ...
For Juneteenth, USA TODAY is telling the stories of five different communities across the country where residents are ...
Before Former President Joe Biden made his appearance in the city where Juneteenth began, Galveston celebrated the holiday ...
Columbus Day and Presidents Day are now in the crosshairs as debate erupts over which holidays America should actually ...
By Daniel Johnson During an appearance during a Juneteenth commemoration at Galveston’s historic Reedy Chapel AME Church, former President Joe Biden took the opportunity to call for Americans to unite ...
Juneteenth, short for "June Nineteenth," commemorates the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take control of the state and enforce the emancipation of all enslaved people.
Those gathered June 19 for a Juneteenth commemoration in La Grange heard the Rev. Wheeler Parker tell of his cousin Emmett ...