The 157-year-old holiday, the name of which is a combination of "June" and "nineteenth," commemorates the day in 1865 when a group of enslaved individuals in Galveston, Texas, finally learned they ...

U.S. News compiled this list of the top destinations to help you decide how to celebrate Juneteenth in 2024. With the reading of General Order No. 3 in June 1865, Galveston solidified its ...

When troops finally arrived to signal freedom to the state’s 250,000 slaves, celebrations broke out and Juneteenth was born! Read! Learn! Listen! Cook and Create! There are so many ways to learn and ...