President Donald Trump will not commemorate Juneteenth, despite previously taking credit for the relatively new federal ...

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

But on this year’s Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, the usually talkative president kept silent about a day important to Black ...

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

A Juneteenth celebration took place near the Alamo on Thursday, marking the first time a play was performed at the pavilion ...

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

The holiday to mark the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued on June 19, 1865 as Union troops arrived in ...

Those who showed up for the 2.5 mile walk representing the 2.5 years it took for news of freedom to reach slaves in Texas, ...

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

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Commission hosted their annual Juneteenth parade Thursday. Those showing their ...

OAKLAND — The country was still six decades away from recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday when Barbara Lee first ...