Washington — Former President Joe Biden is set to head to Galveston, Texas, on Thursday to join a Juneteenth Celebration ...

Juneteenth has become one of the most important and symbolic celebrations in African American history in the United States.

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

June 19, 1865—when Union General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the Emancipation ...

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

Juneteenth is a federal holiday also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day. It's celebrated on June 19 to commemorate the ...

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

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 ...

Galveston marked Juneteenth with the annual reading of General Order No. 3 at Ashton Villa, commemorating the day enslaved Texans were declared free.