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City Announces Juneteenth Holiday Schedule of City Services – City of San Antonio opens in...

On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect and two...

By 1865, the U.S. Civil War that began to restore the Union had become a war to end slavery....

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Efforts to make Juneteenth a Florida state holiday have failedShow Caption Hide Caption What is...

Juneteenth is a fairly recent addition to federally recognized holidays. The celebration centers...

Gov. Patrick Morrisey issued an executive order on his second day in office to end diversity,...