Since the moment emancipation celebrations started on March 1, 1780, all the way up to June 19, 1865, Black crowds gathered to seek redress for slavery. On that first Juneteenth in Texas ...

But it took over 150 years to get to this point. While the origins of Juneteenth date back to June 19, 1865, the end of slavery technically came more than two years earlier, in 1863, after ...

Emancipation Day. Freedom Day. Jubilee Day. Juneteenth is known by many names. On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger delivered General Order No. 3 to the enslaved people and residents of ...

The 157-year-old holiday, the name of which is a combination of "June" and "nineteenth," commemorates the day in 1865 when a group ... The first Juneteenth celebration took place in Texas in ...

Abraham Lincoln was an American hero — but a flawed one. As we celebrate his essential contributions to our country, let's ...

The state and local governments would only be able to fly U.S., state, military and prisoner-of-war flags over their ...

The holiday is observed annually on June 19 to honor the slaves freed in Galveston Bay, Texas, on June 19, 1865. Texans celebrated Juneteenth beginning in 1866 with parades, cookouts, prayer ...

In anticipation of Juneteenth, our experts have put together a helpful guide for families to educate and engage children around this important holiday. The Civil War ended in April 1865, but news of ...

On 19 June 1865, enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, received momentous news: slavery had been abolished. They were free. The day became known as Juneteenth, a word created by joining the words ...

At 1 p.m. Saturday, the bell at the Sterling Methodist Church pealed 13 times, joining ceremonies in communities across America to mark Freedom Day.

The Juneteenth Committee 1865 has launched a community shoe drive with five drop-off locations. The drop-off locations include: Doctors’ Memorial Hospital (DMH) (second floor), New Mount Zion Baptist ...

Despite being on the list of the Defense Intelligence Agency's paused events and activities, the memo clarified that Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth will remain federal holidays.