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Is Juneteenth a holiday? What's open and closed on June 19
Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger and his troops arrived at Galveston on June 19, 1865, with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. That was more than two months after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia.
Here's what that means for California workers and who qualifies to take the day off: Juneteenth is celebrated every year on ...
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Juneteenth Spotlight: How a former enslaved Black man desegregated schools in VisaliaOn March 1, 1890, the California Supreme Court, in Wysinger vs. Crookshank, reversed the lower court decision and ordered ...
Juneteenth honors June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to enforce the emancipation of enslaved ...
Juneteenth, now a federally recognized holiday, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. The event will feature live music by the Mendocino Jazz Collective and a dinner of ribs, chicken, ...
June 19 will be one of just seven free entrance days in California national parks and forests. See where to go for the ...
Top corporations rushed to observe Juneteenth in 2020. Today they are still commemorating the federal holiday but not with ...
The history of Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and how it's celebrated.
The Stockton Juneteenth Celebration is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds, 1658 S.
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