SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Juneteenth was the day that the news that slavery had ended finally reached people in Texas. It's a conversation that until recently many families haven't had with their ...

Visitors take part in a drum circle during the Indiana State Museum’s Juneteenth celebration. This year’s event will be held Saturday at the museum, with free admission and activities will center ...

YOURSELF. MIGHTY GOOD TO ME. IT’S TRULY A JUBILEE AT THE REGINALD F LEWIS MUSEUM AS THEY CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH. IT’S A WAY FOR US TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEIR HISTORY, THAT WE’RE ABLE TO PASS ...

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The U.S. Colored Troops were a regiment of mostly Black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War. More than 200,000 men are listed as a part of the regiment at the National Archives.

What Jamal Williams remembers from Plano’s Juneteenth celebration three years ago isn’t just its record attendance — the organizer and former alderman said about 1,100 people showed up. Between the ...

Communities across Greater Cincinnati are keeping the Juneteenth celebration going from June 19 into the weekend. Florence, Liberty Township, and Over-the-Rhine will host Freedom Day events on ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — People in West Michigan celebrated Juneteenth Thursday with events happening all over. Calder Plaza in Grand Rapids was busy for the second straight year with the Justice ...

MIRAMAR, FLA. (WSVN) - From ceremonies to parades, South Florida joined the rest of the country in commemorating the official end of slavery after the Civil War in the United States. Hundreds of ...

Despite the gloomy weather Saturday in Portland, people gathered together to celebrate the Juneteenth Oregon festival. It’s the 53rd year the event has been celebrating the holiday, which fell on ...