The Juneteenth 2025 celebration vibe has started off across the United States. Here's more about the federal holiday and why ...

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 ...

On this year’s Juneteenth holiday, the usually talkative president kept silent about a day important to Black Americans for ...

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

June 19th, 1865 was the day enslaved people in Texas learned they were free, two years after the emancipation proclamation ...

Catholic churches are celebrating the national holiday of Juneteenth this week by honoring the freedom won by formerly enslaved Black Americans at the end of the Civil War.

June 19, 1865 Major General Gordon Granger announced freedom to the enslaved people of Galveston, Texas nearly two and a half ...

Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021. “Now the whole entire nation is recognizing it, I think it will have that bigger ...

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.

Thursday marks four years since Juneteenth became a federal holiday, but for many Americans, the meaning behind the day is still unclear.

Community organization Vacaville People’s Forum recognized Thursday as Juneteenth in a news release on social media. Made a federal holiday by former President Joe Biden, June 19, ...

The Spirit of Excellence hosted a Juneteenth celebration on June 19 at Jalonick Park to bring the community together for the ...