A committee approved making Juneteenth an Alabama state holiday after Rep. Rehm removed a Confederacy-related provision.

Alabama Democrats have pushed over the years to make Juneteenth a state holiday. Givan has introduced a bill each year since ...

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Not that Benning: Hegseth renames Fort Moore, but not for Confederate general, he says Honda makes major move to sidestep tariffs Calls Mount for Ex-Mets Star's Retirement as Former Ace's Career ...

Unbelievably, some states still recognize Confederate holidays. According to a Stateline story published by Pew Charitable Trust, in neighboring Tennessee a proposal to make Juneteenth a paid ...

The holiday became more secular with children ... as mothers gathered with Union and Confederate soldiers to promote reconciliation. Jarvis' daughter, Anna Jarvis, conceived Mother's Day as ...

Mecklenburg County closed the former slave plantation in 2021 after uproar over organizers promoting a racist Juneteenth ...

St. Patrick’s Day is one of my favorite holidays. There is something special about wearing green and commemorating everything Irish. Not to mention that St. Patrick’s Day falls exactly halfway through ...

One of the flags in my classroom is for Juneteenth, a federal holiday marking the end of ... flags in a history curriculum were the Nazi and Confederate flag — both symbols of oppression ...

The Point at Cape Henlopen, where the Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean, closes from March to September to protect the ...

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