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Statues of presidential dogs unveiled at Lincoln Memorial

WASHINGTON - In addition to honoring the country’s past leaders, Presidents Day 2022 also honored some of the first families’ pets as life-size statues of the presidential dogs were unveiled.Jinx, a dog food company, rolled out the one-day exhibit at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Monday. The exhibit included Abraham Lincoln's dog, Fido, Jackie O's dog, Pushinka and Barack Obama's dog, Bo."Over the past couple of years, we've realized how much we depend on our pets for emotional support," Jinx co-founder Sameer Mehta said in a news release.

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'Fire Island' Actors Conrad Ricamora & James Scully to Reunite On Stage in 'Oh, Mary!' Play

Conrad Ricamora and James Scully will be working on another project together!

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What is Juneteenth? The history of the newest federal holiday and how to celebrate

Juneteenth 2023: What’s open and closed on Monday for the federal holidayFor beginners and those brushing up history, here's how the holiday came to be and how you can mark the occasion. Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed.A young girl sits on a man's shoulders during the Louisville Juneteenth Festival at the Big Four Lawn on June 19, 2021 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images) Although President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in 1863, it could not be enforced in many places in the South until the Civil War ended in 1865. Even then, some white people who had profited from their unpaid labor were reluctant to share the news.Laura Smalley, freed from a plantation near Bellville, Texas, remembered in a 1941 interview that the man she referred to as "old master" came home from fighting in the Civil War and didn’t tell the people he enslaved what had happened."Old master didn’t tell, you know, they was free," Smalley said.

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What happens after the death of a president?

John F. Kennedy's funeral in Washington D.C. November, 25 1963 (Photo by Flip Schulke/Getty Images) A presidential funeral is a tradition filled with stately tradition and fine details.

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Presidents Day: A look at some notable presidential speeches in US history

Presidents Day is a federal holiday in the U.S. celebrated on the third Monday of February each year. The day recognizes George Washington’s birthday, as well as honors the history of the American presidency and all of those who have served as our nation’s leader. RELATED: Presidents Day 2023: What’s open, closed and where to find dealsFrom Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address to Ronald Reagan’s "tear down this wall" speech more than a century later, here are some famous presidential remarks of the past.The two-minute speech was given by President Abraham Lincoln following the Battle of Gettysburg during a cemetery dedication for the Union war dead on Nov.

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What is Presidents' Day? Who the federal holiday celebrates and why

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Presidents' Day: A look at some famous presidential speeches in US history

WASHINGTON - Presidents’ Day is a federal holiday in the U.S. celebrated on the third Monday of February each year. The day recognizes George Washington’s birthday, as well as honors the history of the American presidency and all of those who have served as our nation’s leader. From Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address to Ronald Reagan’s "tear down this wall" speech more than a century later, here are some famous presidential remarks of the past.The two-minute speech was given by President Abraham Lincoln following the Battle of Gettysburg during a cemetery dedication for the Union war dead on Nov. 19, 1983.

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Black History Month: When and how it got started

NAACP stated on its website.Woodson originally came up with the idea of Negro History Week to encourage Black Americans to become more interested in their own history and heritage and it was established in 1926. Woodson chose February for Negro History Week because it had the birthdays of President Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Lincoln was born on Feb.

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Juneteenth ‘a day of profound weight and power,’ Biden says

NEW YORK, USA - JUNE 18: A new Federal Holiday ''Juneteenth'' is celebrated in the heart of Harlem, New York City, United States on June 18, 2021. President Biden signed legislation making June 19, or Juneteenth, a new national holiday.

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Juneteenth: These films on race, inequality and emancipation are free to stream

LOS ANGELES - June 19 marks the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in the United States, known as Juneteenth. The subjects of race, inequality and emancipation have been explored in dozens of documentaries, some of which are available to stream for free on Tubi. On June 19, 1865, Texas became the last state to abolish slavery, two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which went into effect on Jan.

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Historians celebrate Florida’s Emancipation Day

ORLANDO, Fla. – A group of mostly African American historians met outside of Orlando City Hall on Thursday to recognize May 20 as Florida’s Emancipation Day.

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San Francisco school board suspends plan to rename schools, commits to reopening full time this fall

SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco school board has reversed a much-criticized decision to rename 44 schools it said were linked to racism, sexism, slavery or other injustices.In another controversial matter, the school board passed a resolution committing to reopen schools in the fall for all students K through 12 for full-time, in-person learning five days a week. The vote was unanimous.Both moves were made to avoid costly litigation and tone down outrage at what critics call ill-timed activism.The board voted late Tuesday to rescind its January decision to strip schools of the names, including Abraham Lincoln and George Washington.The board had said the schools should be named after other figures in U.S.

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New Jersey man explains how he made 14-foot Lincoln snow sculpture

Robert Schott has built epic snow sculptures on the front lawn of his Cranford home for years. (Robert Schott) Snow days are serious business for one man in New Jersey.Robert Schott has built epic snow sculptures on the front lawn of his Cranford home for years, and a perfect storm made it possible for him to create a 14-foot Abraham Lincoln just in time for Presidents Day.

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Presidents Day 2021: What's open and closed on the federal holiday

Uniform Monday Holiday Act, an attempt to create more three-day weekends for American workers, according to History.com.This year’s holiday falls on Feb. 15 and is now popularly viewed as a day to celebrate all U.S.

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A quirky Presidents Day sale: Washington's hair, JFK sweater

BOSTON – It's almost Presidents Day, and now there's a chance to own a quirky piece of White House history.

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Florida city will recognize May 20 as slave emancipation day

LAKELAND, Fla. – A Florida city is planning to formally recognize May 20 as the date slaves were emancipated in the state.

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A day of historic impeachment, a Capitol as armed encampment

WASHINGTON – The scene in the U.S. Capitol seemed jarringly disconnected.

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Trump legacy on race shadowed by divisive rhetoric, actions

CHICAGO – President Donald Trump repeatedly claimed in the final months of his presidency — and without a trace of irony — to have done more for Black Americans than anyone with the “possible exception” of Abraham Lincoln. He boasted that the African American unemployment rate dropped to record lows under his watch before the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the economy.

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Boston removes statue of slave kneeling before Abraham Lincoln

The Abraham Lincoln Statue, erected in 1879, by Thomas Ball, is viewed in Park Square in Boston, Massachusetts on June 16, 2020. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images) BOSTON (AP) - A statue of Abraham Lincoln with a freed slave appearing to kneel at his feet — optics that drew objections amid a national reckoning with racial injustice — has been removed from its perch in downtown Boston.Workers removed the Emancipation Memorial, also known as the Emancipation Group and the Freedman’s Memorial, early Tuesday from a park just off Boston Common where it had stood since 1879.City officials had agreed in late June to take down the memorial after complaints and a bitter debate over the design.

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Biden harnesses history to describe urgency of 2020 campaign

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Presidential hopefuls tend to declare every upcoming election the most important one that voters have faced in their lifetime. Joe Biden goes bigger.The Democratic nominee portrays 2020 as an entanglement of social, economic, political, environmental and public health crises as threatening to America’s stability as the Civil War and the Great Depression.

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Lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair sells for more than $81,000

Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th president of the United States (1861–1865). BOSTON - A lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair along with a blood-stained telegram about his 1865 assassination have been sold at auction for more than $81,000.The items were sold during an auction that ended Saturday, according to RR Auction of Boston.No information about the buyer was disclosed.The roughly 2-inch (5 centimeter) long lock of hair was removed during Lincoln’s postmortem examination after he was fatally shot at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., by John Wilkes Booth.It was presented to Dr.

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Lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair and bloodied telegram up for auction

BOSTON, Mass. - This is one macabre auction: A lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair, wrapped in a bloodstained telegram about his 1865 assassination, is up for sale.Boston-based RR Auction said bidding has opened online for the items ahead of a live auction scheduled for Sept. 12 in New Hampshire.

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Memorial service for Robert Trump to be held at White House

Donald Trump and Robert Trump (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) NEW YORK - Sometimes politics gives way to the personal at the White House. It has seen 18 weddings and at least 10 people are known to have died there, including two presidents and three first ladies.It will serve Friday as a place of mourning for President Donald Trump and his family, with a private memorial service for the president's younger brother, Robert, who died last week at 71.

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Double rainbow seen over steps of the Capitol where Rep. John Lewis lies in state

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - A vivid double rainbow appeared Tuesday evening over the steps of the U.S. Capitol building where the late Congressman John Lewis lies in state. FOX 5 photojournalist Van Applegate captured a video of the beautiful rainbows and shared it on Twitter with the following caption: "Vivid Rainbow for Rep.

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Trump plans massive fireworks display for July 4 amid COVID-19

Independence Day celebrations amid a spike of coronavirus cases, U.S. President Donald Trump is going big for what he is promising will be a “special evening” in the nation’s capital.Trump is set hold his “Salute for America” celebration Saturday with a speech from the White House South Lawn that he says will celebrate American heritage, a military flyover over Washington, and an enormous fireworks display that is expected to draw thousands to the National Mall.The celebration comes one day after Trump kicked off the holiday weekend by travelling to Mt.

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Trump’s fireworks event at Mount Rushmore to be met with coronavirus worries, protests

Donald Trump will begin his Independence Day weekend on Friday with a patriotic display of fireworks at Mount Rushmore before a crowd of thousands, but even in a part of the country where many remain supportive of the president, the event has drawn controversy and protests.Trump is expected to speak at the event, which has issued 7,500 tickets to watch fireworks that he previewed on Thursday as a “display like few people have seen.” The president will likely enjoy a show of support, with the state Republican Party selling T-shirts that feature Trump on the memorial alongside George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt.

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Trump's Rushmore trip draws real and figurative fireworks

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – President Donald Trump will begin his Independence Day weekend on Friday with a patriotic display of fireworks at Mount Rushmore before a crowd of thousands, but even in a part of the country where many remain supportive of the president, the event has drawn controversy and protests. Trump is expected to speak at the event, which has issued 7,500 tickets to watch fireworks that he previewed on Thursday as a “display like few people have seen.” The president will likely enjoy a show of support, with the state Republican Party selling T-shirts that feature Trump on the memorial alongside George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt.

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South Dakota gov warns Mount Rushmore won't be targeted: 'Not on my watch'

Mount Rushmore National Memorial (National Park Service)KEYSTONE, S.D. - Amid a campaign to take down statues across the country that has moved quickly from targeting monuments of Confederate generals to those of former presidents, South Dakota’s governor is promising that the famed Mount Rushmore will not be next.“Not on my watch,” tweeted South Dakota GOP Gov.

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Rapper Niko Brim & Opal Lee Take Long Strides to Make Juneteenth a National Holiday With Special Sneakers: Exclusive

What shoes are fit for an 89-year-old woman trekking nearly 1,400 miles from Fort Worth, Texas to Washington, D.C. to fight for Juneteenth, the day slavery ended in America, to be recognized as a national holiday?

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120 years later, 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' still rings through the halls where it was first performed

Writer and educator James Weldon Johnson, (1871-1938) wrote “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which was first performed by his students at Stanton School 120 years ago. (Photo by Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)His choir students performed the song just last week at the Duval County School Board in honor of the song’s anniversary.On Feb. 12, 1900, Stanton School was expecting a special visitor: Booker T.

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Juneteenth: The history behind June 19 and why it’s important to recognize this day

What does it signify?Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865 when Major General Gordon Granger came to Galveston, Texas, to announce the end of the Civil War and slavery. Although slavery was already abolished more than two years earlier by the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln, it continued in some areas.Read Granger’s announcement in Texas below:The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.

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Is it time for the Dixie Chicks to rethink their name?

their appreciation of their homeland to “Dixie,” even if, according to legend, it’s the title of one of Abraham Lincoln’s favorite songs (one, incidentally, in which the author longs to be in “the land of cotton” because “old times there are not forgotten”).Regardless of its origin, for many Blacks, ‘Dixie’ conjures a time and a place of bondage.“Dixie,” however, didn’t bring down the Dixie Chicks. Judging by the response to Maines’ 2003 comment, many of the trio’s fans up to that point were the types of Southerners who still lived and would die for Dixie, or at least a Republican-centric vision of the good old U.S.

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Juneteenth 2020: Why the Holiday Is as Important as Ever This Year

Juneteenth. The holiday -- named for and celebrated on June 19 — commemorates the true ending of slavery in the United States.

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Stories of love, hate and hope from disunited states of America

NEW YORK: During the American Civil War of the 1860s, Abraham Lincoln, the Republican President who is credited with saving the union, would walk quietly to a pew at St John’s Church at Lafayette Square. He would come in unnoticed, pray, and leave unobtrusively before the service ended, so as not to disturb other parishioners.

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Stories of love, hate and hope from disunited states of America

The US is burning as Trump prepares for his last election. The stakes have never been higher

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History channel working on doc series with Bill Clinton

NEW YORK – The History channel says former President Bill Clinton will help shape and be a part of an upcoming documentary series on the American presidency.

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