Galveston celebrates the 160th Juneteenth anniversary with a week of events honoring emancipation and African American ...

The first Juneteenth celebration was held in Galveston the very next year, in 1866. Early celebrations were smaller, subdued ...

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

Because Juneteenth is now classified as a federal holiday, many government offices and services will be closed on Thursday.

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

An hour from Houston sit historical markers, marking the significance of the federal holiday. ABC13 goes in-depth all week on ...

Juneteenth, also known as Jubilee Day, Freedom Day and African American Independence Day, marks the emancipation of enslaved ...

Does the mail run on Juneteenth 2025? Are banks open? Is the stock market open? Is the MVC open? What is NJ Transit's ...

Juneteenth celebrates when Union soldiers arrived to Galveston to announce to over 250,000 enslaved people they were freed in ...

Juneteenth, the day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, is not a state holiday in Florida. Here's what to ...

Juneteenth, recognized every year on June 19, marks the freedom of those once enslaved in the United States. On June 19, 1865 ...

The United States Postal Service (USPS) will be closed on Juneteenth, meaning no mail will be delivered. However, FedEx ...