ORLANDO, Fla. – There’s more than one Independence Day in the United States. On June 19th, 1865, over two and a half years after the signing of the emancipation proclamation, enslaved African ...

Historical Significance: Juneteenth commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865, officially marking the end of slavery in the United States. This was ...

Juneteenth, which is short for "June Nineteenth", celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday, which is also known as "Freedom Day" or "Emancipation Day," honors the day in 1865 ...

June is one of the sunniest months of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. In many parts of the world, June also has the longest days of the year. The summer solstice marks the official start of ...

In his Independence Day oration, Frederick Douglass famously asked, “What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the ...

Juneteenth is also referred to as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day and Liberation Day. Juneteenth National Independence Day is the first federal holiday established since Martin Luther King ...

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The political analyst and former New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow shares his thoughts about our nation's newest federal holiday, Juneteenth: Last month I visited Emancipation Park in Houston, ...

ST. LOUIS – The Missouri History Museum is celebrating Juneteenth with a special event dedicated to freedom, resilience, and Black joy. Juneteenth marks the day when the last enslaved people in ...

The holiday originated in Galveston, Texas, in 1865, marking the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth was designated a federal holiday by President Biden in 2021. Federal offices, ...

Saturday afternoon in Aurora, the African American Men of Unity hosted its 24th annual Juneteenth celebration, a community-wide, four-hour party at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park at 51 N. Farnsworth ...

June 19, 1865, marks when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce slavery's end. Though federally recognized only in 2021, Juneteenth has long been a celebration of freedom in the Black ...