It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and ...

Galveston Area Council explains how evacuation routes are equipped with resources to ensure safety & a quick exit.

As communities across the United States mark Juneteenth, food is central to the celebration. The holiday, observed on June 19 ...

Juneteenth honors June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to enforce the emancipation of enslaved ...

MSC Seascape, departing from Galveston in November, will introduce Texas to ROBOTRON, a one-of-a-kind robotic thrill ride at ...

This column was originally published on June 17, 1955. The Friendswood Friends Church is still going strong, 130 years later. The Friends Church, only church in Friendswood, will celebrate its 60th ...

The day's celebrations include historical commemorations, poetry, music, dancing and performances, and other ...

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

While many across the country recognize Juneteenth as the end to the institution of slavery in America in 1865, some tribal ...

Juneteenth – short for June Nineteenth – recognizes the day in 1865 when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas ...

The only known original copy of General Order No. 3, an 1865 decree that alerted enslaved people in Galveston of their ...