Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) is a holiday commemorating this day, which marked an effective end of slavery in the United States.
Juneteenth is the day commemorating the date, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation when slaves in Texas learned they were free. Lee worked for decades to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. More than two and a half years ago, her dream came true. Today, she...
Hi! I'm Sonia. I'm so glad you are here. There's a story in the Bible in John chapter 4 about a woman with a broken past. That's my back story, but then that woman (and this woman) met Jesus. This blog is a glimpse at the"now story". Welcome to John4Fou
Remember WEDNESDAY is June 19th there will be no mail service while we celebrate Juneteenth across the nation. NO Mail Service as it is a Federal Holiday. It is a holiday that is celebrated on June 19 to commemoratethe emancipationof enslavedpeople in the US. The holiday was ...
Juneteenth is the oldest internationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the ...
First — Back in December of 2020 and January of 2021, Zackey Rahimi of Texas was, according to court documents, “involved in five shootings in and around Arlington, Texas.” Five shootings in as many weeks. First, there was the time he “fired multiple shots” into somebody’s house af...