The day became a federal holiday June 17, 2021, with Lee in attendance as President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth bill into ...

Learn about the history behind Juneteenth National Independence Day, a federal holiday that honors the end of slavery in the ...

On June 19, 2025, the fifth consecutive year of Juneteenth being recognized as a federal holiday in the United States is ...

Today marks Juneteenth, a day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.The holiday celebrates June 19, 1865, ...

Private David Carter, born in 1843 in Jefferson County, made a visit to Co-Lin Community College in Natchez Thursday morning ...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump lamented that there were too many "non-working holidays" on Thursday, as Americans across the country observed Juneteenth. "Too many non-working holidays in America ...

Visitors are told to report signs that are "negative about either past or living Americans or that fail to emphasize the ...

Festival in Wean Park The Youngstown Juneteenth Cultural Festival runs noon to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Wean Park, located on 20 acres of greenspace between the Covelli Centre and the Youngstown ...

Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought ...

Cities across the United States marked Juneteenth with parades, freedom walks, and festivals, commemorating the day in 1865 when Union soldiers informed enslav ...

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

WISCONSIN — Juneteenth, the federal holiday recognizing the end of slavery in the U.S., is Thursday, June 19, 2025. On June 19, 1865, troops in Galveston Bay, Texas, told the last enslaved Black ...