The date has been referred to as "America's second Independence Day" and is widely regarded as "America's longest-running African American holiday." Juneteenth is being commemorated with events ...

The 157-year-old holiday, the name of which is a combination of "June" and "nineteenth," commemorates the day in 1865 when a group of enslaved individuals in Galveston, Texas, finally learned they ...

A United States senator has introduced legislation to make the day after Easter a federal holiday so families can more easily ...

There may be more time to celebrate the Easter holiday in the future as two Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation ...

“Cancel Juneteenth or one of the other useless [holidays] we made up,” Ramaswamy, who is vying for the 2024 Republican nomination for president, told a crowd of Iowa voters on Saturday Anna ...

The spirit of freedom, culture and community will take center stage once again as the Juneteenth Festival Group, Inc.

Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and is considered the longest African American holiday. On June 19, 1865, federal soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas to free all ...

Las Vegas Valley residents began Juneteenth celebrations Saturday with festivals, music and education on the newest federal holiday. Juneteenth remembers June 19, 1865, when a Union general told ...

In 1980, Juneteenth first became a state holiday in Texas, and over time, other states and Washington, D.C., slowly began to recognize the date as a holiday too. The interest in Juneteenth ...

On Monday, June 19, 2025, you can officially wish your friends, family and colleagues a happy Juneteenth. The day, which was signed into law as a federal holiday by President Joe Biden in June ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - The effort to make Juneteenth a state holiday continues this legislative session. District 85 Representative Rick Rehm leads the charge. Similar efforts were attempted during ...