Juneteenth is the longest-running African American holiday, and it became a federal holiday a few years ago. Here's what's open and closed Thursday.

For Juneteenth, USA TODAY is telling the stories of five different communities across the country where residents are fighting to preserve history.

The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining "June" and "nineteenth" — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries.

Federal employees will have a paid day off on June 19, banks and government offices will be closed, and trash collection will be unavailable, but most private businesses will remain open and COTA ...

The city of Youngstown is hosting a Juneteenth Fireworks and Food Trucks Celebration at Wean Park on June 19, with free parking and the Market Street Bridge closed for public safety.

Youngstown will observe Juneteenth on Thursday with a fireworks and food truck celebration downtown and a festival of new ...

The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War. It declared that all ...

"The freedom Juneteenth commemorates was never a finish line. It was always a starting point," writes Eric K. Ward.

Juneteenth was officially recognized as a federal holiday by President Joe Biden in 2021. Here's why it's celebrated.

Originally celebrated by newly freed Black communities in Texas with religious services, barbecues and symbolic traditions ...

USPS will not be open for mail on Juneteenth, since it's a federal holiday. Post offices will be closed, and there will not ...