Every country has a flag to represent it. In the United States, Old Glory's familiar red, white and blue, stars-and-stripes ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Cancel Juneteenth or one of the other useless [holidays] we made up,” Ramaswamy, who is vying for the 2024 Republican nomination for president, told a crowd of Iowa voters on Saturday Anna ...

Assemblymember Scott Crass, the primary sponsor of the ordinance, noted Thursday night, said the holiday aligns with state ...

For the fourth year in a row, the Medina community will come together in the city’s historic square to observe Juneteenth.

A committee approved making Juneteenth an Alabama state holiday after Rep. Rehm removed a Confederacy-related provision.

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - The effort to make Juneteenth a state holiday continues this legislative session. District 85 Representative Rick Rehm leads the charge. Similar efforts were attempted during ...

Las Vegas Valley residents began Juneteenth celebrations Saturday with festivals, music and education on the newest federal holiday. Juneteenth remembers June 19, 1865, when a Union general told ...

The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly will consider this week whether to make Juneteenth an official paid holiday for borough staff. An ordinance co-sponsored by Assemblymembers Scott Crass ...