The 157-year-old holiday, the name of which is a combination of "June" and "nineteenth," commemorates the day in 1865 when ... The first Juneteenth celebration took place in Texas in 1866, with ...

State Rep. Terri Leo Wilson put forth in the Texas Legislature House Concurrent Resolution 6 to designate Galveston as the ...

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 Galveston, Texas, ending slavery in ...

LaGrange plans to add Juneteenth as an official paid holiday for city employees. Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, marking the end of ...

On 19 June 1865, enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, received momentous news: slavery had been abolished. They were free. The day became known as Juneteenth, a word created by joining the words ...

The holiday is observed annually on June 19 to honor the slaves freed in Galveston Bay, Texas, on June 19, 1865. Texans celebrated Juneteenth beginning in 1866 with parades, cookouts, prayer ...

He travels throughout Texas and discovers how the Juneteenth holiday reveals the hope and courage that empowered the formerly enslaved and their descendants to fight for freedom in an often unjust ...

A recent Grammy-award winning group will be at this year’s Fifth Annual Juneteenth Jubilee, the Cool Spring Downtown District announced Thursday. This year’s celebration will be from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.

In anticipation of Juneteenth, our experts have put together a helpful guide for families to educate and engage children around this important holiday. The Civil War ended in April 1865, but news of ...