Juneteenth came and went earlier this month, but curiously something seemed to be missing from the annual celebration: a ...

1986: Hard Rock Cafe opened in Chicago. Mayor Harold Washington and Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon were among its first guests. TV host Oprah Winfrey attended the opening with Stedman Graham, ...

Each winner of the 2025 Dr. Eugene and Dr. Maxine Hankins Cain Lansing Juneteenth Essay Competition and Scholarship Program ...

Millions of Americans will get Thursday off work for Juneteenth. Millions don't deserve it, especially Ohio lawmakers and ...

Mountain State residents celebrate another proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln. On Jan. 1, 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation. On June 20, 1863, he declared that Mountaineers are ...

The day after, he will host a stand-up comedy and jazz show ... learned they had been freed — after the Civil War's end and ...

Let Marylanders be at the forefront of a growing movement to recognize the end of slavery and work toward a better, more ...

Do you need to put your trash out? Are banks closed? What to know about Juneteenth closings and openings today.

Presidents’ Day 2025 takes on particular significance ... president to forestall the outcomes tied to the specific warnings of Presidents’ Day heroes George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. ...

OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Union Pacific Railroad is celebrating Presidents Day with the unveiling of its newest commemorative locomotive honoring President Abraham Lincoln, who created the ...

This year, Presidents' Day is on February 17, 2025. And while it also happens to be a date closer to George Washington's birthday (Feb. 22), it's a day that we, as Americans, commemorate all of ...