Columbus Day and Presidents Day are now in the crosshairs as debate erupts over which holidays America should actually ...

President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal ...

Another Juneteenth has come and gone, except in Galveston. Former President Joe Biden's visit to the island last Thursday and ...

The founder of Galveston's popular Steampunk Festival in April is expanding his love of fantasy themes with a new ...

Acknowledging the historical link between the end of Black slavery in the U.S. and the creation of the State of West Virginia ...

Those gathered June 19 for a Juneteenth commemoration in La Grange heard the Rev. Wheeler Parker tell of his cousin Emmett ...

Louis Durgado honored Haigler with a song titled “Color of History,” which debuted at the event and deeply inspired her. Haigler said she, Durgado, Jarvis Bailey and others are in partnership to ...

Juneteenth celebrations took place across the U.S., commemorating the day in 1865 when enslaved Black people in Texas learned of their freedom. While long honored by Black Americans, the holiday has ...

Captured. This is a space for The Daily’s photographers to share their best work, including photos from weekend performances ...

In what organizers called "a vibrant display of unity and pride," thousands of people assembled to celebrate Juneteenth in ...

Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, and informed its Black residents that they were a free people. The 246 years of ...

Juneteenth, observed annually on June 19, marks the day in 1865 when news of emancipation finally reached the last enslaved ...