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Eastern Shore Juneteenth Festival in Salisbury

The sixth annual Eastern Shore Juneteenth celebration will be on Sat. June 17, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in downtown Salisbury. ....

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Juneteenth celebrations are planned across Delmarva: Here's a list


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This year, Juneteenth lands in the dust of both a global health crisis and an emboldened movement for racial justice in the United States. 
The holiday, growing in celebration and recognition throughout the country, commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States  more specifically June 19,1865, when the last slaves were freed in Texas. 
Texas was the first state to formally mark the holiday in 1980, and 47 states and Washington, D.C. have since commemorated it with a state holiday or observance. The date has not been adopted as a federal holiday, though efforts continue. 
Black Lives Matter protests throughout the country in 2020 also brought a renewed focus to racial justice, causing more private companies to start designating Juneteenth as a paid company holiday for employees. ....

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Salisbury group sets date for new lynching memorial plaque downtown


A ceremony is now planned for May 22. 
The historical marker will honor the county s three lynching victims: Garfield King, Matthew Williams and an unknown man. The task force said its marker will stand for years to come at the corner of Main and South Division streets impossible to miss in front of the same courthouse where King and Williams were murdered. 
Task force member Gretchen Nichols said the spring Saturday is planned to begin with a symbolic march at about 9 a.m., progressing from near TidalHealth Peninsula Regional hospital to the courthouse lawn. From there, a soil sample collection will take place.  ....

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