1865. Meanwhile, slave owners in Texas suppressed the news of freedom to the people they enslaved, withholding them in bondage. Juneteenth celebrations grew across the US with memorials ...

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 ...

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 ...

On June 19, 1865, Union Major General Gordon Granger ... KETK has put together the following list of East Texas Juneteenth events for 2024: On Saturday, the Carthage Courtesy Club is having ...

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 ...

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 ...

NFL free agent Michael Thomas took us around Galveston, Texas the birthplace of Juneteenth to share this ... hearing about their emancipation in 1865. Join Cincinnati Bengals safety Michael ...

On June 19, 1865 -- two months after the Confederate ... was over and slaves were now free. June 19, or “Juneteenth,” was celebrated in Texas and across the South. Its observance eventually ...

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 ...