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 ...
More than six decades after American minister and civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the historic speech, “I Have a Dream,” from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, ...
The Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is pausing its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth, Holocaust Days of Remembrance, and Pride Month celebrations and events, based on ...
Day and Juneteenth will remain federal holidays. "The Defense Intelligence Agency is working with the Department of Defense to fully implement all Executive Orders and Administration guidance in a ...
Plano, Illinois recognized Juneteenth as a holiday in February 2021. That same year, it became a state and federal holiday. However, event organizers announced on social media that the 2025 ...