Celebrate the end of Summer in Foxburg on the beautiful Allegheny with a night of fabulous entertainment and dancing to the ...

An event marking the official end to slavery in the United States took the stage last week as people gathered to celebrate this year's Juneteenth observance. Juneteenth marks the day when Union Gen.

At Brown Sugar Bounce's block party, South House, and other festivities throughout the weekend, style lovers hit the streets.

Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of people in Oklahoma are still fighting for full citizenship in the tribal ...

Juneteenth Goes Uncelebrated at White House as Trump Complains About ‘Too Many’ Holidays President Trump made no statement about the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the ...

Juneteenth, or “Freedom Day,” commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865 to liberate the last remaining slaves in the Confederacy, ...

On that date, Union troops freed a quarter-million African American slaves in Texas. It was the last state to recognize President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation issued on Jan. 1, 1863.

Also known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, Juneteenth commemorates the reading of President Abraham Lincoln's General Order No. 3 on June 19, 1865, in Texas, which announced the freeing of ...

‘We are here’: Williamsburg Juneteenth event celebrates resilience, community The Juneteenth Freedom Celebration on Thursday included a parade featuring a number of dancers and musicians.

When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation? President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863.

Juneteenth — made a federal holiday by former President Joe Biden in 2021 — pays tribute to June 19, 1865, when enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, learned of their freedom, more than two years ...