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Summerfest kicks off this week with a Juneteenth celebration, marking opening night with music and community. For Julien ...
Jacksonville Sheriff's Office will close its buildings on Juneteenth, June 19, 2025, while essential services like Patrol ...
Trump once vowed to make Juneteenth a holiday. Now he’s leading a war on DEI. No real change of heart—just a MAGA-friendly ...
No holiday from the hot weather! Near record heat along with dry, windy conditions will bring increased fire danger to most of Utah today through Saturday. Much cooler this weekend!
We don't need to party like it's 1865. But we can celebrate the end of slavery with America's greatest abolitionist.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Even though President Abraham Lincoln declared Emancipation Day for the enslaved people of the Confederate ...
A baker in Cedarburg is bringing Caribbean and African flavors to the Cedarburg community while celebrating Juneteenth with ...
On Juneteenth, Raleigh pays tribute to the often-overlooked U.S. Colored Troops who played a pivotal role in the Union's victory during the Civil War and the subsequent abolition of slavery.
DETROIT – Thursday is Juneteenth—also known as Freedom Day and Emancipation Day. It commemorates the end of slavery in the ...
FOX 4 sat down with Opal Lee, a Fort Worth woman who became known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth. Hear her story about the effort to make Juneteenth a national holiday.
Thursday, June 19 marks the Juneteenth holiday, the day in 1865 when enslaved African-Americans in Galveston, Texas learned they were free. The Rev. Al Sharpton and Maura Gay discuss.
KTVE/KARD would like to wish the Ark-La-Miss a Happy Juneteenth! Juneteenth National Independence Day is a federal holiday observed annually on June 19 to ...