WCBD News 2 reports: CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) - Juneteenth National Independence Day, a federal holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the United States, is only a few days away. Juneteenth is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth, referring to June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the [...]
state | community | WCBD News 2 | June 16, 2026 3:52 PM
8 Juneteenth events from around the Lowcountry
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) - Juneteenth National Independence Day, a federal holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the United States, is only a few days away. Juneteenth is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth, referring to June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the [...]
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