Originally celebrated by newly freed Black communities in Texas with religious services, barbecues and symbolic traditions ...

Juneteenth – short for June Nineteenth – recognizes the day in 1865 when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas ...

Because Juneteenth is now classified as a federal holiday, many government offices and services will be closed on Thursday.

The only known original copy of General Order No. 3, an 1865 decree that alerted enslaved people in Galveston of their ...

This week, thousands in Milwaukee will gather to celebrate Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the United States ...

Several events are being held across North Texas to commemorate the day slaves in Texas learned that they had been freed.

Yes, Juneteenth is a state holiday in Missouri and is observed every 19th day of June. As such, all state offices are closed ...

Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas learned of their freedom. Celebrations include cookouts, ...

Beginning on Juneteenth, the sole copy of the federal orders that freed enslaved Black people in Texas will be on display in ...

Does the mail run on Juneteenth 2025? Are banks open? Is the stock market open? Is the MVC open? What is NJ Transit's ...

Juneteenth celebrates when Union soldiers arrived to Galveston to announce to over 250,000 enslaved people they were freed in ...