CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) -When 35-year-old Oscar Escobar completed his term as the youngest elected mayor in his ...

States that do not recognize Juneteenth as a permanent state holiday include Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, ...

Commemorate Juneteenth with events across Baltimore, including the AFRAM festival, hiking, gardening, a memorial dedication, and more.

Juneteenth is currently a federal holiday and a state holiday in 46 states. South Carolina, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, ...

The first Juneteenth celebration took place in 1866, one year after Granger’s order. Some referenced the holiday as “Jubilee ...

Juneteenth commemorates the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ...

Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley is set to release a statement Thursday, proclaiming June 19 as Annapolis Freedom Day.

Entrance fees to all 63 of the nation’s national parks will be waived on Thursday as the National Park Service commemorates Juneteenth.

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign a proclamation finalizing the terms of a U.S.-British trade deal agreed last ...

Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen issued an emergency proclamation on June 13 to activate the state’s National Guard, along with the deployment of more state law enforcement resources ahead of this weekend ...

Two era-defining documents that ended slavery and reshaped American history are to be auctioned. The Thirteenth Amendment (estimated at $8–12 million) and the Emancipation Proclamation (estimated at ...