GALVESTON, Texas -- The most popular Juneteenth celebration of emancipation is in Galveston, Texas, where the last enslaved people were freed. The city designated five sites you can walk to explore ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Former President Joe Biden stressed the importance of voting at the Juneteenth celebration on Galveston Island Thursday. Biden was among the dignitaries who attended the Juneteenth ...

GALVESTON, Texas – Thursday marks 160 years since the end to slavery in the United States or Juneteenth. The island city of Galveston is often considered the birthplace city of the holiday because ...

Biden's act of making Juneteenth a federal holiday marked the first federal holiday established since Ronald Reagan made Martin Luther King Jr Day a holiday in 1983. During a Juneteenth commemoration ...

Officers and crowds wait outside Reedy Chapel in Galveston, Texas, for the Juneteenth church service on June 19, 2025. (Cameron Thompson / Courthouse News) GALVESTON, Texas (CN) — Even in the Texas in ...

One hundred sixty years ago today, Union General Gordon Granger delivered an announcement in Galveston, Texas, that changed American history. It began, the people are informed that in accordance with ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Samuel Collins III wears many hats around Galveston, Texas. Native to the area, memory keeper and mentor, he has a fire within to preserve the stories of Juneteenth. "There's a ...

GALVESTON (KTRK) -- Stephen Duncan has been playing the part of Union General Gordon Granger at Galveston's Juneteenth celebration for the past five years. This year feels different for him. "I hope ...

Americans will soon celebrate Juneteenth, marking the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of one of ...

It's the 156th anniversary of Juneteenth. For the first time in nearly 40 years, Juneteenth was officially made a national holiday. and just in time for Saturday's 156th anniversary of the day that ...