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Wednesday, June 19, 2024 Unsplash+ in collaboration with Leire Cavia Juneteenth commemorates a key stage in the end of slavery, June, 19, 1865. That’s the day when official word arrived in Galveston, Texas, that President Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation 2½ years...
Despite the proclamation that "all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free," it could not be implemented in areas under Confederate control be...
Several states already observe Juneteenth, which has its historical roots in Texas, the first state to make it a state holiday in 1980. President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation was effective Jan. 1, 1863, but the news took time to travel. It wasn’t until June 19, ...
Easteris celebrated on different dates each year on a Sunday between March 22nd and April 25th. The day after Easter is known as Easter Monday, and is a legal holiday in many Countries. In 2024, it will be celebrated on Sunday, March 31, 2024 ...
Observed every year on April 25 since 2003, DNA Day celebrates and recognizes the importance of genetics and the scientific advances made in the field. ©iStockphoto.com/SvisioDNA Day was instituted as a one-time celebration in the United States by a proclamation of the US Congress in 2002...
1778.Washington became the first President of the United States in April 1789.Just before the adjournment of Congress in September of that year,President Washington issued a proclamation for a Thanksgiving Day on November26.He announced a second Thanksgiving Day six years later.After that,there ...
The city's mayor Bill Simpson said the week prior to February 20 could turn into "Kurt Cobain Week". On February 12, the city's full proclamation will be read aloud. The local radio station KXRO shared an excerpt: "Aberdeen residents may justifiably take pride in the role our community ...
The origins of Juneteenth date back to June 19, 1865, when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger, a U.S. Army officer and Union General during the Civil War, issued an order in Galveston, Texas, announcing that all slaves were free under the Emancipation Proclamation. About 250,000 Black people ensl...
Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union Major General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in Galveston, Texas, in accordance with President Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. Only a handful of states currently observe Juneteenth as a paid holiday. ...