Viral TikTok video shows Kroger's controversial Juneteenth cakes with "unacceptable" decorations, causing public outrage and forcing the company to remove the products.

Kroger is facing backlash over one store’s less-than-celebratory Juneteenth cakes. This week, a woman on TikTok shared a video inside her local Kroger store in Atlanta, Georgia, showing the bakery’s offering for the federal holiday commemorating the abolition of slavery.

Former President Biden spoke out against efforts to erase history during a Juneteenth speech in Texas, while President Trump did not formally recognize the holiday and expressed concern about having too many non-working holidays.

President Donald Trump will not commemorate Juneteenth, despite previously taking credit for the relatively new federal holiday’s popularity. “I’m not tracking his signature on a proclamation today,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday.

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 gained broader recognition since becoming a federal holiday in 2021 under President Joe Biden,

As towns and cities across the United States today celebrate the anniversary of the end of slavery on Juneteenth, see how communities have marked the federal holiday.