The Lincoln Theatre — located at 769 E. Long St. — held its commemoration for Juneteenth Thursday beginning at 10 a.m.

ALTON - Alton has a long-standing Juneteenth Celebration tradition and the Juneteenth Committee is already in preparation for ...

They were informed of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and the end of the civil war by Union soldiers on June 19, 1865. This was two and a half years after it was signed.

Juneteenth will be marked on Thursday, June 19, 2025. Unlike other federal holidays, such as Memorial Day, Labor Day and Thanksgiving, which are observed on a specific day of the week, Juneteenth ...

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.

Although President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the Confederate states in 1863, it could not be enforced in many places in the South until after the war. Even when ...

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves effective ...

Juneteenth honors the date when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, in 1865, with 2,000 Union troops to proclaim that over 250,000 enslaved Black people in the state were ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Juneteenth National Independence Day, celebrated annually on June 19, is the United States’ newest federal holiday, signed into law in 2021 by President Joe Biden.

Is Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2025? Yes, Juneteenth is a federal holiday in 2025, according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. It is one of 11 federal holidays observed every year.

Juneteenth will be marked on Thursday, June 19, 2025. Unlike other federal holidays, such as Memorial Day, Labor Day and Thanksgiving, which are observed on a specific day of the week, Juneteenth ...