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What is Juneteenth? Here's the history of the newest federal holiday
Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered free following the arrival of Union troops. The Civil War had ended on April 9, and the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued on January 1, 1863.
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President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal ...
Freedom, in any case, is only possible by constantly struggling for it.” -Albert Einstein On June 17, 2021, President Joe ...
Thursday marks four years since Juneteenth became a federal holiday, but for many Americans, the meaning behind the day is ...
June 19, 2025, marks the fifth consecutive year that Juneteenth is a federally recognized United States holiday.
The event will be held at the Reedy Chapel AME Church, one of the locations where an order announcing the end of slavery in ...
Channel 2 Action News was at the second annual Juneteenth Parade down Godby Road in College Park on Thursday morning, where ...
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Washington celebrates Juneteenth marking emancipation, Black perseveranceMy heart aches for what I know the enslaved people had to deal with. They sacrificed so much,” said state Sen. John Lovick.
Just seven years after learning of their freedom, a group of formerly enslaved Black Texans purchased land in 1872 to ...
The Blacks in Technology of Southwest Virginia put together a Juneteenth Celebration: A Day of Independence and Unity at the ...
"It's more important than ever to gather publicly and tell our stories and lift up the Black voices through art and joy,” ...
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