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Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery. See what President Trump said about it and what the holiday's flag means.
Juneteenth 2025 is this week. Here's what to know about the federal holiday, why it's celebrated and its origins.
First created in 1997 by National Juneteenth Celebration Foundation founder Ben Haith, the banner is in red, white and blue ...
Juneteenth celebrations have been scaled back this year due to funding shortfalls as companies and municipalities across the ...
Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., will be observed as a federal holiday on Thursday, June 19, 2025.
Juneteenth is an important day in Black history as well as American history. Though Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation ...
Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger and his troops arrived at Galveston on June 19, 1865, with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. That was more than two months after ...
Galveston celebrates the 160th Juneteenth anniversary with a week of events honoring emancipation and African American ...
Juneteenth 2025 events across the United States Washington, DC. The Anacostia Community Museum will hold a daylong ...
Kennett Square heralds itself as the mushroom capital of the world. But what many people don't know is that it was a crucial stop for freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad.
Traders have a few other breaks coming on the summer schedule, starting with Independence Day. Stock trading will end early, ...