There are a number of events being held to mark the occasion, including performances, fairs, musical events, ceremonies and ...

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On June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers rode through Galveston, Texas, with the message that enslaved people were free.

June 19, also called Juneteenth National Independence Day, is an American holiday celebrating the date when the last slaves ...

America's Second Independence Day is today. So, what is Juneteenth? And why is it celebrated? Here's what to know.

Let Marylanders be at the forefront of a growing movement to recognize the end of slavery and work toward a better, more ...

Two-and-a-half years after Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, the enslaved people of Texas learned — via the ...

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

Juneteenth, which has been a national holiday since 2021, marks the day when the Union Army entered the city of Galveston on June 19, 1865, and freed the slaves in Texas pursuant to President ...

Who put Juneteenth so close to Flag Day? It's almost as if the flag of the United States was meant to wave over all people longing to be Free At Last, Free At Last. Why should all the fireworks be ...