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Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery. See what President Trump said about it and what the holiday's flag means.
Juneteenth celebrations have been scaled back this year due to funding shortfalls as companies and municipalities across the ...
Juneteenth 2025 is this week. Here's what to know about the federal holiday, why it's celebrated and its origins.
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after Civil War's end and two ...
Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., will be observed as a federal holiday on Thursday, June 19, 2025.
Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger and his troops arrived at Galveston on June 19, 1865, with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. That was more than two months after ...
Juneteenth is a few days away, but people in Pueblo celebrated over the weekend at Ray Aguilera Park. Hundreds showed up for ...
Juneteenth is an important day in Black history as well as American history. Though Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation ...
Galveston celebrates the 160th Juneteenth anniversary with a week of events honoring emancipation and African American ...
Millions throughout the U.S. will gather in fellowship to celebrate Juneteenth and collectively reflect on this ...
Traders have a few other breaks coming on the summer schedule, starting with Independence Day. Stock trading will end early, ...
Kennett Square heralds itself as the mushroom capital of the world. But what many people don't know is that it was a crucial stop for freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad.