Originally celebrated by newly freed Black communities in Texas with religious services, barbecues and symbolic traditions ...

Yes, it is a Federal Holiday and the banks will be closed. Juneteenth, observed on June 19, recognizes the official end of slavery in the United States. Actually, it was 71 days past the surrender of ...

Alfred Brendel, a pianist and poet renowned for his refined playing of Beethoven over a six-decade career, died Tuesday at ...

There are a number of events to mark Juneteenth across North Texas, including Opal Lee's famed Walk For Freedom.

It’s Donald Trump’s first Juneteenth back in the White House, and for some, that’s raising questions about what this federal holiday means in 2025. Here’s what to know about this year’s federal ...

The star and the red, white and blue flag of Juneteenth symbolizes freedom. Here's everything to know about the flag that ...

Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries. In 2021, ...

Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of ...

Juneteenth Tasting Event, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Findlay Market, 1801 Race St., Over-the-Rhine. Celebrate the cuisine of the ...

The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries.

Now that Juneteenth is a federal holiday, most county offices also will be closed, though it appears that which day varies.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, commemorates the day on June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas and announced ...