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HUNTINGTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” Rain or shine, the cityòòò½ÊÓƵ™s 5th annual Juneteenth celebration began Thursday with a Historical Neighborhood Stroll.
ASHLAND òòò½ÊÓƵ” The 5th annual celebration of Juneteenth will be hosted at Broadway Square in downtown òòò½ÊÓƵhland from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday.
Today is Juneteenth, the annual celebration of African Americans marking the end of slavery after the Civil War. On June 19, 1865, two years a…
òòò½ÊÓƵ Charleston and Huntington prepare for a three-day Juneteenth celebration òòò½ÊÓƵ” complete with parades, performances and community gatherings òòò½ÊÓƵ” t…
HUNTINGTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” òòò½ÊÓƵ state and federal holidays are set for Thursday and Friday this week, some businesses will be closed.
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed òòò½ÊÓƵ” after Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincolnòòò½ÊÓƵ™s Emancipation Proclamation. Many Americans are celebrating Juneteenth, that day in 1865 when a Union officer announced liberation. For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of one of historyòòò½ÊÓƵ™s darkest chapters with joy òòò½ÊÓƵ” such as parades or cookouts. It would take another century and a half and lots of rallying until President Joe Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021. This year will be the first Juneteenth under the second Trump administration, which has banned DEI initiatives including Black history content.
HUNTINGTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” While President Abraham Lincolnòòò½ÊÓƵ™s Emancipation Proclamation ending slavery went into effect Jan. 1, 1863, it wasnòòò½ÊÓƵ™t until more th…
A view of a section of the 1865 Juneteenth General Order No. 3 that is displayed by the Dallas Historical Society at the Fair Park Hall of State in Dallas, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” Ohio University Southern will host its third annual Culture & Heritage Festival on Saturday, June 14, inviting the community to …