ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Asheville's Downtown After 5 returned this week and it was a little different from previous concerts. The event continued the celebration of Juneteenth.

For me, the Juneteenth Holiday is not about celebrating an individual hero like the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., or celebrating outstanding figures during Black History Month, but about honoring ...

Thursday, June 19th, is Juneteenth, a federal holiday that marks the day when the last enslaved Americans were finally freed ...

MILWAUKEE - Rainy weather didn't stop Milwaukee leaders from raising the Juneteenth flag above the Zeidler Municipal Building ...

Like most federal holidays, expect your local banks and credit unions to be closed in observance of Juneteenth. Postal service retail locations will be closed on Thursday, and there will be no regular ...

Community organization Vacaville People’s Forum recognized Thursday as Juneteenth in a news release on social media. Made a federal holiday by former President Joe Biden, June 19, ...

TYBEE ISLAND HISTORY IS BEING REMEMBERED .. AS PART OF THE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY. THIS MORNING .. THERE WAS A SPECIAL COMMEMORATION OF THE FIRST TYBEE ISLAND WADE IN. THAT EVENT TOOK PLACE ON AUGUST 17TH ...

On January 16, 1865, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman issued Special Field Order No. 15 which ordered the ...

Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in ...

Along with Memorial Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth became one of three federal holidays with explicit roots ...

Despite Juneteenth’s status as a federal holiday, celebrations across the country are being scaled back or canceled, as organizers cite safety problems and mounting resistance to diversity, equity and ...

Dozens of people gathered June 14 in Tuscaloosa for a celebration of the Juneteenth holiday. A parade, organized by the ...