Photos: Heat can’t defeat the joy of annual Juneteenth festivities in Roxbury Bostonians braved record temperatures for the annual flag raising and parade, followed by an observance program.

That includes Juneteenth, the holiday marking the day in 1865 in which Major General Gordon Granger came to Galveston, Texas and told enslaved people there that slavery was no longer legal. Embrace ...

For local chefs and foodies, Juneteenth flavors are as wide as Boston’s African diaspora By Tiana Woodard Globe Staff,Updated June 19, 2024, 12:00 a.m. 6 ...

The banner now recognized nationwide as the Juneteenth flag was designed in the 1990s by Ben Haith, a longtime Roxbury resident known to many as “Boston Ben,” who attended the 15th annual ...

Updated: 5:22 PM EDT Jun 19, 2024 David Bienick Reporter Boston's Roxbury neighborhood celebrates Juneteenth with flag raising, parade Updated: 5:22 PM EDT Jun 19, 2024 ...

BOSTON - There's many things to do this weekend in Massachusetts, including a celebration for Juneteenth, a Greek festival and even a pickleball tournament! JuneteenthFest 2024 ...

BOSTON — Boston residents gathered near Roxbury Heritage State Park in a commemoration of the Juneteenth holiday on Thursday. Juneteenth, a fairly new federal holiday, remembers June 19, 1865 ...

Across the nation, many people spent the day celebrating Juneteenth, which commemorates the official end of slavery in the U.S. In Massachusetts, there were multiple events on Thursday. In Roxbury ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - Boston community members and city officials gathered to celebrate an early flag-raising for Juneteenth on City Hall Plaza Monday afternoon. June 19 recognizes the date in 1865 when ...

For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed ...

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