Juneteenth commemorates the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ...

Many Americans celebrate Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed.

A Saturday fire that took place at Marathon's 665,000 b/d Galveston Bay, Texas, refinery was extinguished, according to a company official.

Juneteenth was officially declared a federal holiday on June 17, 2021. The stock market will not be open on Juneteenth, ...

For decades, Texans have celebrated Juneteenth in recognition of the historic day in which enslaved people in Galveston were ...

Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., will be observed as a federal holiday on Thursday, June 19, 2025.

Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger and his troops arrived at Galveston on June 19, 1865, with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. That was more than two months after ...

Galveston celebrates the 160th Juneteenth anniversary with a week of events honoring emancipation and African American ...

The Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier hasn't been sold, Landry's Inc. confirmed Friday, dismissing a viral social media ...

In the four years since Juneteenth became a national holiday, Galveston has embraced its complicated past in a way it never ...