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Milan Campbell proudly holds up a Juneteenth flag during Stamford's Juneteenth celebration at the Stamford Government Center ...
Connecticut banks and credit unions are "not obligated to close" on legal holidays, including Juneteenth, and they can chose ...
It’s Juneteenth Restaurant Week in New Haven, and more than 25 Black-owned businesses are participating. Those businesses ...
Drill teams from Springfield, Mass., Hartford and New Haven will perform and compete for top prizes along Main Street.
Elizabeth Freeman’s life was amazing. There was nobody like her and there will never be another like her," said the play's co ...
Although the holiday has long been celebrated in the Black American community, Juneteenth has not always had federal ...
The first Juneteenth celebration took place in 1866, one year after Granger’s order. Some referenced the holiday as “Jubilee Day” or “Freedom Day” and gathered in homes, parks and communities to ...