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Americans celebrate an imperfect path toward a more perfect union.
The United States’ newest federal holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, has quickly become its most puzzling one. Four ...
Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered ...
Juneteenth was officially recognized as a federal holiday by President Joe Biden in 2021. Here's why it's celebrated.
In Michigan, we are proud to honor Juneteenth not only through our words, but with our actions," Whitmer said.
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and ...
Juneteenth, the nation's most recent federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery ...
What does it truly mean to be free The answer to this question resonates deeply within the story of Juneteenth, a day that ...
Government and state offices will be closed, as will the U.S. Post Office. That means there will be no mail delivery on ...
Juneteenth was signed into law as a federal holiday on June 17, 2021, by former President Joe Biden. He was surrounded by ...
Staff at the William McKinley Presidential Library & Museum celebrated Juneteenth with a craft project that featured a ...
We don't need to party like it's 1865. But we can celebrate the end of slavery with America's greatest abolitionist.