Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States, is this week. Although Juneteenth celebrations were documented as early as 1866, it wasn't officially recognized ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The ...

Confession: I had never heard of Juneteenth until I came to D.C., after college. A colleague and friend who was dating a guy from Texas told me about it. Even then, I thought it was a regional thing, ...

Is Juneteenth observed in Delaware? Yes. Juneteenth is one of 13 legal holidays observed by the First State. Juneteenth will soon be kicking off across Delaware. From parades and festivals to ...

Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S. The holiday will be celebrated on June 19, 2025. Some institutions will close in recognition of the federal holiday. Communities across Michigan ...

This week, the nation celebrates its youngest federal holiday, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the ...