The only known original copy of General Order No. 3, an 1865 decree that alerted enslaved people in Galveston of their ...

Because Juneteenth is now classified as a federal holiday, many government offices and services will be closed on Thursday.

Yes, Juneteenth is a state holiday in Missouri and is observed every 19th day of June. As such, all state offices are closed ...

In the four years since Juneteenth became a national holiday, Galveston has embraced its complicated past in a way it never ...

Juneteenth was an informal holiday for decades, celebrated with parades, barbecues, and other gatherings. Fort Worth has a ...

Several events are being held across Central Texas to commemorate the day slaves in Texas learned that they had been freed.

The June 19 holiday marks the day in 1865 on which federal troops came to Galveston, Texas, to free enslaved Black people in ...

Several MetroWest organizations and municipalities honor the holiday, which commemorates the ending of slavery in the United ...

Does the mail run on Juneteenth 2025? Are banks open? Is the stock market open? Is the MVC open? What is NJ Transit's ...

Juneteenth celebrates when Union soldiers arrived to Galveston to announce to over 250,000 enslaved people they were freed in ...

Dallas darling Erykah Badu will headline a free Juneteenth concert — courtesy of Amazon Music — at the Bomb Factory in Deep ...

A celebration of Black history and freedom, the day rose in prominence following the sweeping protests against racial ...