This Thursday marks 160 years since the origin of Juneteenth. Here's what to know about the holiday and why' it's celebrated.

People march in the Lehigh Valley Juneteenth Parade on Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Easton. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 80°F. Friday, July 25th 2025 Daily e-Edition.

Wanda Battle and her niece, Nylah Harris, 9, sing during a Juneteenth Celebration outside Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery, Ala., June 19, 2021. The Montgomery Advertiser via USA Today Network, FILE ...

Juneteenth celebrations this weekend in California, South Carolina, Michigan and Colorado, a high school graduation party in Philadelphia and a concert in Baton Rouge were all marred by gun ...

For social justice activist Glenn Harris, President Donald Trump’s statement on Juneteenth, arguing there are “too many nonworking holidays in America” costing the country “billions of ...

Juneteenth celebrations took place across the U.S., commemorating the day in 1865 when enslaved Black people in Texas learned of their freedom. While long honored by Black Americans, the holiday has ...

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when the Union Army traveled to Galveston, Texas, to announce that all enslaved Black Americans were free, according to the National Museum of African ...

Juneteenth was first celebrated in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 when Gen. Gordon Granger and his troops told the last enslaved Black people that they were free, ...

More than 1,000 people watched Lake County’s inaugural Juneteenth parade, and over 3,500 participated in the Juneteenth Lake County Parade and Festival Saturday in Waukegan, celebrating the June ...