The Juneteenth Youth Summit took place Saturday, June 28, at the Goose Creek Community Center. Juneteenth is a federal ...

Juneteenth, the day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, is not a state holiday in Florida. Here's what to ...

Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States, with a history dating back to the 1860s.

The proclamation was accepted by committee member Angela Douglas and it declared June 19, 2025, as Juneteenth Day in the Town of Bluffton. The proclamation designated the date as a Town of Bluffton ...

Juneteenth 2025 is this week. Here's what to know about the federal holiday, why it's celebrated and its origins.

TROY — Multiple Troy students were among the winners of Oakland County’s first Juneteenth Art & Essay Contest.

Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States, is this week. Although Juneteenth celebrations were documented as early as 1866, it wasn't officially ...

Celebrations originated in 1866 and evolved to include parades and festivals. Union soldiers' arrival in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, enforced the Emancipation Proclamation there.

Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19 every year, commemorates the day the news of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation reached the south – almost three years after Lincoln signed the ...

Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States, is this week. Although Juneteenth celebrations were documented as early as 1866, it wasn't officially ...

Florida recognizes May 20th as Emancipation Day, marking the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Tallahassee. While Florida acknowledges Juneteenth as a special observance, attempts ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.