The Alpena News will not print a paper on Thursday because it is a federal holiday — Juneteenth. The News does not print a paper on federal postal holidays, as the U.S. Post Office is closed, and ...

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey has issued a proclamation to commemorate Juneteenth. The federal holiday was created to commemorate the emancipation of ...

Former president Joe Biden will be attending a Juneteenth celebration at a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in ...

Americans have been celebrating July 4th as the country’s Independence Day since the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

We can turn the tide of history. It takes vision, it takes courage and it takes sacrifice. But we can rise above and do ...

Several events through the weekend are planned to celebrate the holiday Thursday. We look back at its history here.

During a time when enslaved Americans sought freedom through escape, Elizabeth Freeman challenged her legal status as property—and won.

Juneteenth, the June 19th federal holiday that commemorates the end of America’s slavocracy and celebrates freedom for ...

People unfamiliar with the occasion may be asking themselves, is there a "right" way to celebrate Juneteenth? For beginners ...

Haywood County Republican Party events were drawing around 1,500 as the party faithful worked fervently to support the ...