June 19, 1865—when Union General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the Emancipation ...

Just seven years after learning of their freedom, a group of formerly enslaved Black Texans purchased land in 1872 to ...

My heart aches for what I know the enslaved people had to deal with. They sacrificed so much,” said state Sen. John Lovick.

Galveston launches Juneteenth by, reenacting General Order No. 3, the order that let slaves aware of their freedom.

Washington — Former President Joe Biden is set to head to Galveston, Texas, on Thursday to join a Juneteenth Celebration ...

Government and state offices will be closed, as will the U.S. Post Office. That means there will be no mail delivery on ...

President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal ...

Juneteenth, a fairly new federal holiday, remembers June 19, 1865, the day slaves in Galveston, Texas, were finally notified that they were freed through the Emancipation Proclamation, issued over two ...

While relatively new on the national stage, the Juneteenth holiday has been celebrated in African American communities for ...

Donald Trump has no Juneteenth events, while Joe Biden is expected to make an appearance in Galveston, Texas, to take part in a 160th -anniversary service.

June 19, 2025, marks the fifth consecutive year that Juneteenth is a federally recognized United States holiday.