Juneteenth, America's youngest federal holiday recognized by former President Biden will be celebrated across the nation on June 19.

A federal holiday is coming up that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Here's everything you need to know about Juneteenth.

Governor Patrick Morrisey says state employees will not have a paid day off for this Thursday’s federal holiday.

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

Salt Lake Community College is inviting the public to join them for a Juneteenth Festival that includes live entertainment, food and vendors.

Redlands’ Juneteenth Festival will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 21, at Sylvan Park, 601 N. University St. The free, ...

Pennsylvania lawmakers commemorated Juneteenth today ahead of the federal holiday. The annual commemoration by the ...

It's the day freedom came to Texas and the birth of Juneteenth. Major General Gordon Granger and thousands of Union soldiers would arrive on the coast of Galveston with news that the enslaved were ...

Juneteenth, established by President Joe Biden in 2021, is the most recently added federal holiday. Sometimes referred to as “Black Independence Day" or "Freedom Day," Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 ...

Andrew Johnson famously freed his slaves on Aug. 8, 1863, but it would be another 18 months before Tennessee freed enslaved people statewide.

Jefferson, famous for the Declaration of Independence, is also often quoted from a letter he wrote in 1816 to John Adams: " I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past ," he ...