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Valerie Boyer, Ohio History Connection's school and inclusive community programs coordinator, organized the Jubilee Day ...
The upcoming Juneteenth federal holiday happens this week. Here's what businesses will be closed for the holiday, and its ...
The Ohio History Connection is set to host its fourth annual Juneteenth Jubilee Day festival, a celebration of freedom and ...
Heading out on Juneteenth? The National Weather Service provided the latest weather updates. Here's what to expect.
Thursday is Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the official end of slavery in the United States, and on Wednesday, state ...
In 2020, the Republican president claimed he "made Juneteenth very famous." In 2025, he didn't bother to acknowledge the ...
June 2025 marks the 162nd anniversary of the establishment of Camp Delaware, a training camp for Black Civil War soldiers on ...
Ohio History Connection's Valerie Boyer on Juneteenth's origin. She is a Galveston, Texas, native.
June 19, 2025, marks the fifth consecutive year that Juneteenth is a federally recognized United States holiday.
Before freedom rang for enslaved people in the 1800s, their journey brought many of them to Lake Erie's shores. Now, the lake ...
Celebrations across the country marked Juneteenth, the day when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned of their freedom ...