Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery. See what President Trump said about it and what the holiday's flag means.

First created in 1997 by National Juneteenth Celebration Foundation founder Ben Haith, the banner is in red, white and blue of the U.S. flag to convey that all enslaved people and their descendants ...

Readers on co-opting patriotism from the right, waving flags at protests and renaming military bases. It has taken a pretend ...

Artist Lisa Jeanne GrafIn revised the flag in 2000, and in 2007 "June 19, 1865" was added to represent the date the legal decree was issued to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, the Jan. 1 ...

Juneteenth, held every June 19, commemorates the day when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally learned of ...

The fifth annual raising of the Juneteenth flag will begin at 10 a.m., followed by a short reception. This will be the first year the Juneteenth flag-raising will not be taking place at City Hall due ...

This simple dish towel was used as a flag of truce by Confederate troops during Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, and is now on display at the ...

How have our shared visions of American ideals influenced the meaning of patriotism? How has this definition evolved over ...

With flags, ceremonies, parades and pomp, celebrations across the United States marked the day the promise of freedom finally rang true for more Americans.

A sea of people gathered inside City Hall on Juneteenth to not only celebrate the consequential holiday, but also to remember ...

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Juneteenth is widely celebrated as a federal holiday on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery in the U.S.