WESTAMPTON, N.J. (CBS) -- Next week the nation will celebrate Juneteenth, the national holiday marking June 19, 1865 when Union troops arrived in Texas to carry out the Emancipation Proclamation, ...
Jun. 30—LAKE PLACID — A new "Timbuctoo" historic marker is a small sign with great import. It changes the narrative about who is remembered and what stories are told by whom in the Adirondacks. On ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WESTAMPTON, N.J. (CBS) -- Next week the nation will celebrate Juneteenth, the national holiday marking June 19, 1865 when Union ...
In the spirit of Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved Black people in the U.S., a historic free Black community in Burlington County is fighting to keep its story alive ...
Timbuctoo, a small hamlet located in Westampton, Burlington County, N.J., was founded in 1820 by freed and former slaves. The anniversary of the founding is celebrated annual and will take place this ...
In Eleanor Burgess’ “The Niceties”, Zoe, an African-American student, laments the missing chapters of U.S. black history, vast gaps in lives that forces chroniclers to fill blanks with time-consumed ...
GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The Chapman Museum frequently hosts something new, tied to the history and culture of the Glens Falls region. On Monday, the museum announced its March schedule, which ...
Dateline 1860 – In one of many adventurous tales connected to Timbuctoo, residents of the African American village in Burlington County armed themselves to prevent the capture of escaped slave Perry ...
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