ALTON - Alton has a long-standing Juneteenth Celebration tradition and the Juneteenth Committee is already in preparation for ...

Another Juneteenth has come and gone, except in Galveston. Former President Joe Biden's visit to the island last Thursday and the ballooning number of celebrations worldwide (Mexico, Ghana ...

Juneteenth, a federal holiday celebrated annually on June 19, honors the emancipation of the last enslaved African Americans in a Confederate community in Galveston, Texas, who were notified that ...

The annual Juneteenth celebration marks the day union soldiers arrived in Galveston to inform slaves they were free. The arrival on June 19, 1865 happened nearly two and a half years after the ...

The mural is located in the exact place that on June 19th, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Major General Gordon Granger, who arrived in Galveston with Union soldiers ...

One year after freedom was granted to Black men, women and children in Galveston came the first celebration of Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, Liberation Day and Jubilee Day in its ...

Oklahoma State Senator Nikki Nice advocates for recognizing Juneteenth as a state holiday, citing Oklahoma's historic ties.

Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021, although it is not universally observed. Oklahoma County observes it, ...

Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States by commemorating June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas.