With flags, ceremonies, parades and pomp, celebrations across the United States marked the day the promise of freedom finally ...

With flags, ceremonies, parades and pomp, celebrations across the United States marked the day the promise of freedom finally ...

The celebration in Leimert Park, billed as a “Black Family Reunion,” included many of the emotions that come with family ...

Valerie Boyer, Ohio History Connection's school and inclusive community programs coordinator, organized the Jubilee Day ...

Juneteenth, the nation's most recent federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery ...

It's Juneteenth and that means Opal's Walk for Freedom took place in Fort Worth, Texas. The annual 2.5 mile walk symbolizes ...

“This is about remembering,” said Selton Williams, president of the 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers of Austin. “If you forget ...

Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered ...

Ohio History Connection's Valerie Boyer on Juneteenth's origin. She is a Galveston, Texas, native.

It may be that trying to undo a national holiday, particularly one as publicly embraced as Juneteenth, would be a harder sell ...

Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021, when President Joe Biden signed it into law. The bill passed with near ...

Juneteenth is observed on June 19 and several celebrations are scheduled to take place this weekend, including the Central ...