Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days ... West Indian people in the United States began commemorating the British Empire’s Emancipation Day of Aug. 1.

What Does Juneteenth Celebrate? Juneteenth commemorates the formal end of the enslavement of African Americans in the United States on June 19, 1865—three years after President Abraham Lincoln ...

Juneteenth—the annual observance celebrating the end of slavery in the United States in 1865—is a holiday that many Americans haven’t heard of until recently. That has caused some to wonder ...

Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States, is this week. Although Juneteenth celebrations were documented as early as 1866, it wasn't officially ...

While Congress recently designated Juneteenth an official holiday, the meaning of Juneteenth for Black people has been a lived reality for 156 years: freedom without safety.

CBS News Baltimore Live. 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 ...

Monday, June 19 marks the celebration of Juneteenth, a holiday that is celebrated annually to commemorate the end of slavery throughout the United States. In 2021, Juneteenth was made a federal ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The Juneteenth holiday recognizes the first day of freedom for enslaved Africans in Texas and commemorates the end of slavery in the United States as a whole. The Emancipation ...

A federal holiday is coming up on Thursday to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth, first declared a federal holiday in 2021, has a history stretching back to Civil War ...

Dating back to 1865, Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration remembering the end of slavery in the United States. On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation ...

The proclamation was accepted by committee member Angela Douglas and it declared June 19, 2025, as Juneteenth Day in the Town of Bluffton. The proclamation designated the date as a Town of Bluffton ...

In the not-so-distant past is when Juneteenth got its start. Juneteenth started as a way to commemorate the emancipation of those enslaved in the United States starting in 1865 - despite the ...