Juneteenth celebrated in Utah with community events and reflection

Juneteenth celebrated in Independence - The Examiner

The drumline from Ruskin High School played a series of cadences to open Thursday’s fourth annual Juneteenth Celebration at Independence Uptown Market on the Square.… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close The post Juneteenth celebrated in Independence appeared first on The Examiner.

Free hair-cutting, braiding event focuses on heritage

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) - A special Juneteenth event in Youngstown gave back to the community and helped people connect to their roots. Children got their hair cut or braided, and learning that hair cutting and styling is part of their heritage. The cuts were provided by Eleven 23 Beauty Studio, which got help from Inspiring Minds in sponsoring the event. The desire was to continue with what was started last year, with giving back to the communi…

Juneteenth celebrated in Utah with community events and reflection

Juneteenth brought Salt Lake City residents together on Thursday to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States."The day of Jubilee, it goes by freedom day as well," said Darlene McDonald, who participated in the celebrations.The holiday marks when those who were still enslaved in Galveston, Texas, finally learned of their freedom on June 19, 1865 more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.McDonald says Juneteenth is about c…

Juneteenth Educational Resources | Real Salt Lake

This Thursday, June 19, Real Salt Lake, Utah Royals FC, Real Monarchs, and the RSL Academy will join in celebrating Juneteenth—a day that marks the end of slavery in the United States and honors Black freedom and resilience. Juneteenth became a federally recognized holiday in 2021, and Utah followed suit

Hill: ‘We celebrated Juneteenth before it was cool’ - Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper

NATCHEZ — Private David Carter, born in 1843 in Jefferson County, made a visit to Co-Lin Community College in Natchez Thursday morning in the form of his great-great-grandson, Royal HIll Jr. Hill, who along with his wife, Lavada Hill, own Open Arms Tours, was on the first Juneteenth committee in Natchez and actually came up with the idea of celebrating Juneteenth in Natchez. Carter was a private in the Union Army during the Civil War. The small …

Juneteenth event was held on Thursday

On June 19th, 1865 - 160 years ago - Union Army Major General Gordon Granger arrived on Galveston Island and announced that slavery had ended across the United States. To commemorate the occasion, a yearly event called “Juneteenth” began in…