Parades, concerts and gatherings are just some of the ways families and communities celebrate Juneteenth — but it's much more ...

President Donald Trump made no statement about the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, ...

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

June 19, 1865 –the day all people in the United States were officially granted freedom. All across the country, Americans are ...

With flags, ceremonies, parades and pomp, celebrations across the United States marked the day the promise of freedom finally rang true for more Americans.

Community leaders and residents of Bakersfield express their thoughts and feelings behind the holiday. Celebrating in style ...

Mail deliveries may be impacted on Juneteenth, the holiday in which Americans celebrate the end of slavery in the U.S.

In 2020, the Republican president claimed he "made Juneteenth very famous." In 2025, he didn't bother to acknowledge the ...

"Modern descriptions of American slavery often paint the North as slavery-free, abolitionist states, but this isn’t true." ...

Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation did not apply to the state of Tennessee, or four other pro-slavery states for that matter ...

Trump sparks controversy by criticizing Juneteenth and other federal holidays on Truth Social, claiming they cost the U.S.

From a flag-raising ceremony at Allentown City Hall, to free pool admission at Cedar Beach Pool, hundreds of community ...