Juneteenth, San Diego
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Treat dad to a Father’s Day outing at Chase Field! The Arizona Diamondbacks will host the San Diego Padres for a 3-game weekend series. On Saturday, the first 20,000 fans will receive a Ketel Marte Silver Slugger Cap. Sunday’s game will feature a free Father’s Day Polo Shirt for the first 15,000 fans.
Stream San Diego News for free, 24/7, wherever you are with NBC 7. Since it was designated a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth has become more universally recognized beyond Black America. Many people get the day off work or school, and there are a ...
HE HOLDS SEVERAL OTHERS.## EVENTS TO CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH ARE PLANNED ACROSS THE CENTRAL COAST THIS WEEKEND. JUNE 19TH WAS MADE A FEDERAL HOLIDAY A COUPLE YEARS AGO. IT MARKS THE DAY IN 1865... WHEN THE LAST SLAVES IN TEXAS FOUND OUT THEY WERE FREE-- WHICH WAS TWO YEARS AFTER PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ANNOUNCED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.
King James Britt, a long-time composer, producer, and performer, is part of the Juneteenth Jubilee celebration at the San Diego Central Library June 14
Black and allied voices who worked to get Juneteenth recognized as a national holiday were finally heard. Former President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National
On Jan. 1, 1863, nearly two years into the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared the freedom of “all persons held as slaves” in the still rebellious states of the Confederacy. But it didn’t mean immediate freedom.
DOUBLE DOSE OF THE BLUES: Don’t forget the 42nd Fountain Blues & Brews Festival — the state’s longest-running blues festival — has expanded to two days, both Saturday and Sunday, at downtown’s Plaza de Cesar Chavez.