Honoring Juneteenth News Today

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There are block parties, comedy shows, musical performances, history events and a lot more.

The Triangle offers an enormous range of opportunities to celebrate Juneteenth - whether by taking tours of museums and historic sites or enjoying live music, food and celebrations.

A 2019, youre in this interesting position where it actually makes sense for you to buy the car back because you cant get -- the contract price is so much lower than where prices have gone. >> if you let it g you might not be able to get something else you want given all the back orders. >> absolutely. all right, well, a first for the country and cnn. a special concert honoring juneteenth aired last night, a commemoration of the new federal holiday marking the end of slavery in america. ♪ li...

Honoring Juneteenth The event will focus on the everyday lives of Black Americans living in Western New York at the time of emancipation seeking to reunite with family members scattered across the country, establishing businesses, and building relationships.

Juneteenth marks the emancipation of Black slaves in the United States. Here are events to commemorate the holiday.

Perched in front of the Sandwich Town Hall in his well-recognized suit and tie, Selectman Charles Holden proudly recited his portion of the town’s newly adopted Race Amity Day proclamation

Joining me now, matthew dowd, former chief strategist for president george w. bush. good evening, sir. thank you, so much. hey. i just want to tell you, before we get started here. i -- i saw your article in "medium." its great. >> uh-huh. >> beautifully written. honoring juneteenth, by speaking truth and -- and fighting for our democracy. thank you for that. and i suggest that everyone -- >> my pleasure. my pleasure. we all -- we all need to remember that it -- what happened was the truth wasnt...

Easy, in some quarters, to be performative, to do a performative gesture, rather than do the real work? do you understand what i am saying? >> oh, yeah. yeah. there may be an element of that, as well. but we are going to do right by juneteenth. that is to say, to continue to do the things that people that have been celebrating it have done. and that is, make it an educational holiday. to talk about history and all of those things. and well continue to fight about voting rights. >> uh-huh. >> so,...

So, juneteenth, that order, is linked to the declaration. it is linked to the fourth of july. it is not a substitute for the fourth of july. nobody -- well, you know, there may be some people out there. but theres no reason to think that the people who are proponents of juneteenth want to get rid of fourth of july. african-american people have been the most patriotic people in this country. >> thank you. >> we have had the deepest faith in this country, from the very beginning. and took the word...