The National Park Service announced Monday that the statue of Albert Pike would resume its previous position in Washington's ...

The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and Freemason leader, was vandalized and taken down on Juneteenth in 2020.

GREENLAWN, Long Island (WABC) -- Samuel Ballton, who was born into slavery and died as Greenlawn's "Pickle King," was honored ahead of Juneteenth Wednesday.

Juneteenth is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery. It marks the day in 1865 when slaves in Galveston, Texas, learned that President Abraham Lincoln had freed them.