Today Boston marks Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, which commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. after the Civil War. On June 19, 1865, the Union Army reached Galveston Bay, Texas and it ...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — The Spady Cultural Heritage Museum commemorated Juneteenth with a vibrant celebration honoring both the holiday and the 100th anniversary of the historic Spady House. The ...

While the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, people who were enslaved in Confederate states could not exercise their freedoms, according to the National Museum ...

(KRON) — Juneteenth became an official federal holiday starting in 2021 under former President Joe Biden to recognize the freedom of formerly enslaved Black people. On June 19, 1865, Union General ...

It's time to celebrate Juneteenth, the country's youngest federal holiday. Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered ...

Juneteenth is celebrated as the end of slavery in the U.S. Celebration, reflection and progression are what historians say some African Americans across the country anticipate each year with the ...

It's the 156th anniversary of Juneteenth. For the first time in nearly 40 years, Juneteenth was officially made a national holiday. and just in time for Saturday's 156th anniversary of the day that ...

A historic Black family is getting recognition in Simsbury this Juneteenth. In the 1770s, a man named Peter Jackson was brought to Simsbury from Barbados during a slave trade. He married Esther ...

As North Texans observe and celebrate Juneteenth, the day now triggers a memory of something an Arlington man said he would rather forget. That man filed a lawsuit this week against his former ...