Juneteenth is a better, and more historically significant, holiday than some others we celebrate in the United States, like ...

Songs of Black Folk co-director Haley Watson found herself drawn to the stories of Pacific Northwest natives Rev. Dr. Leslie ...

It's pageant season and we're joined by two local pageant queens -- Pierce County's Miss Juneteenth 2025 Derrion Crocklem and Miss Eastside Nyah Hart stop by Good Day Seattle.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. has "too many non-working holidays," but he hasn't shied away from other holiday proclamations. In an apparent critique of Juneteenth, Trump said in a June 19 ...

Trump says 'too many non-working holidays' Trump's post on Juneteenth criticized the number of federal holidays, which most federal workers have as paid holidays. There are 12 federal holidays in ...

Nash said the Grayslake Juneteenth event began as a, “personal 5K walk with me and my children, inspired by Juneteenth becoming a federal holiday. “It took over two years (June 19, 1865) for ...

Jasmine Kingi, left, 26, and Robin Renee Green, 26, both from Los Angeles, celebrate as they take part in a car parade to mark Juneteenth in Inglewood, Calif, June 19, 2021.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. has "too many non-working holidays," but he hasn't shied away from other holiday proclamations. In an apparent critique of Juneteenth, Trump said in a June 19 ...