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Galveston, Texas is located in Galveston County. Zip codes in Galveston, TX include 77554, 77555, and 77551. The median home price in Galveston is $198,500. More Galveston information.

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7 hrs ago | Business Journal

Galveston County may replace Pelican Island bridge

Legacy Port Partners is paying $600,000 of the $1.3 million studies that will determine the feasibility of building new connections to Pelican Island.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

Evansville Courier & Press

Lyles Station sets three-day celebration of Juneteenth

In celebration of Juneteenth - June 19, 1865, the day that Union soldiers freed slaves at Galveston, Texas, one of the last remaining pockets of slavery in the former Confederacy - Lyles Station Historic School in Gibson County will host a three-day observance with emphasis on fellowship starting Wednesday.

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KBTX-TV Bryan

Texas Reds Proceeds Will Go to Bryan Fire Families

Organizers of the Texas Reds Steak and Grape Festival in Downtown Bryan have said the 2013 edition will be dedicated to the city's firefighters, and a charitable donation will be made in honor of injured Firefighters Ricky Mantey and Mitch Moran, along with the late Lieutenants Eric Wallace and Greg Pickard.

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Houston Chronicle

Weekly Weather: Hot, humid and you'd better like it because that's how it's going to be for awhile

Good morning and welcome to my weekly weather report on the immediate past, present and future of weather in the Bayou City.

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SeacoastOnline

South Church opens its doors to Juneteenth celebration

South Church was filled with song, prayer and dance as more than 300 people participated in the inaugural Juneteenth celebration Saturday afternoon.

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Daily World

Juneteenth honors history and culture with food, live music, more

The bands played and the backbone stew steeped as the Juneteenth celebration was held Saturday at the Farmer's Market Pavillion in Opelousas.

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Examiner.com

Juneteenth, June 19, is an important day in American history

Juneteenth is the blending of the two words June and nineteenth, as June 19th was the date when the announcement of the abolition of slavery was made in the United States' State of Texas in 1865.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

Teri Roiger to Bring Music of Abbey Lincoln to The Falcon, 6/19

Speakers will be Mel Johnson, Jr., professional actor who will do a monologue and sing a tune from his Frederick Douglas show; and Joe Washington, an educator and jazz historian who taught Cultural History of Jazz at SUNY and CUNY.

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The Modesto Bee

Freedom & UnityModest crowd celebrates Juneteenth

The sound of step dancers' stomping feet on a raised stage filled the air in Mellis Park outside the King-Kennedy Memorial Center.

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CNN

June Teen Festival - Fillmore and Geary

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

The Times

Black History Society celebrates Emancipation Day

James Brooks, president of the Gainesville-Hall County Black History Society, unfurls the Juneteenth flag Saturday at Gainesville's first celebration of the occasion on the Midtown Greenway.

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Sunherald.com

Fishing with dad is a lifetime experience

The iconic image of television's Andy Griffith and son Opie heading to their favorite fishing spot while the song The Fishin' Hole is whistled in the background is an image that many Gulf Coast fathers replicate with their children.

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Las Cruces Sun-News

A celebration of freedom: Juneteenth, Kiwanis car show share Young Park

It wasn't an early Fourth of July celebration, but a unique historical and community fiesta that started in the Southwest and is now celebrated worldwide.

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WHBF-TV Rock Island

Black history celebration in Davenport

The festival commemorates the march of union soldiers into Galveston, Texas, and the freeing of remaining slaves after the end of the civil war.

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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Festival of freedom

Re-enactments and speeches added a historical twist to the lively Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday at Susan B. Anthony Square.

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The Orlando Sentinel

Juneteenth celebration recounts harsh history lessons

Local students learned important lessons about black history Saturday as they celebrated the Juneteenth holiday at Valencia College 's West Campus.

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The Daily News Journal

Juneteenth a celebration of freedom

Celebrating freedom and progress, the Juneteenth Celebration was a day of fellowship, heritage and culture.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

The Family Badge

Porretto and Sims Receive State of Texas Law Enforcement Achievement Awards for Public Service

The "Protect with Respect" program was implemented under the guidance and support of Chief of Police Henry S. Porretto, who also received the Law Enforcement Achievement Award for Public Service.

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KBTX-TV Bryan

Texas Prisons Face More Lawsuits Over No AC

An advocacy group has sued the Texas prison system blaming 13 inmate deaths since 2007 on hot conditions in units without air conditioning.

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CultureMap

Your cheat sheet to Juneteenth: Everything you need to know about Galveston's historic moment

As the story goes , Juneteenth originated in Galveston on June 19, 1865. It was there, nearly three years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation , that Major General Gordon Granger and his Union soldiers arrived with the news that slaves had been freed.

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