A United States senator has introduced legislation to make the day after Easter a federal holiday so families can more easily ...

Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19th ... more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. This day is not only significant for African American history but also holds profound implications ...

Emancipation Day. Freedom Day. Jubilee Day. Juneteenth is known by many names. On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger delivered General Order No. 3 to the enslaved people and residents of ...

large crowds of African Americans were celebrating Juneteenth. During these early celebrations, prayer and spirituals were ...

to enforce the proclamation. His reading of General Order No. 3 declared, “All slaves are free.” That day, now known as Juneteenth, became a celebration of freedom and resilience. Even then ...

In 2025, D.C. is celebrating 20 years of officially observing the holiday. A parade, festival, concert and fireworks will ...

A recent Grammy-award winning group will be at this year’s Fifth Annual Juneteenth Jubilee, the Cool Spring Downtown District ...

You can experience the Juneteenth festival, freedom walk tour, parade, gala and tons of other events, including an annual reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.

The red, white and blue Juneteenth flag marked with a single ... slaves were freed more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect in 1863. While federal and Nevada lawmakers ...

The fifth annual Juneteenth Jubilee will be held on June ... National Museum of African American History and the presidential proclamation. The announcement came more than two years after ...