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Full schedule: Mardi Gras! Galveston 2024

The party kicks off Friday, Feb. 2 and runs through Tuesday, Feb. 13. ....

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Houston Bucket List: Honorable Mentions

The truth is, there are more than 100 things to do in Houston. So, we felt like a list of items that didn't quite make it into the top 100 was in oder. We give you the honorable mentions! ....

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Variety of Juneteenth events held across North Texas

To celebrate Juneteenth, several organizations are hosting family-friendly events across North Texas. ....

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Gov. Brian Kemp backs Juneteenth as Georgia state holiday

Gov. Brian Kemp is supporting a plan to add Juneteenth as a mandatory 13th holiday for Georgia state employees. ....

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Juneteenth set to become federal holiday after House OKs bill

Juneteenth set to become federal holiday after House OKs bill
By Kevin Freking
Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in the United States.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the nation.
The House voted 415-14 Wednesday to make Juneteenth, or June 19th, the 12th federal holiday. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law.
Juneteenth commemorates when the last enslaved African Americans learned they were free. Confederate soldiers surrendered in April 1865, but word didn’t reach the last enslaved Black people until June 19, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to Galveston, Texas. That was also about two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves in the Southern states. ....

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