The Trump administration's decision circumvents a ban Congress passed two years ago that prevents military bases from being named after anyone with ties to the Confederacy.

Government and state offices will be closed, as will the U.S. Post Office. That means there will be no mail delivery on ...

Each June, communities across the United States gather to celebrate Juneteenth, a blend of "June" and "nineteenth”, as the ...

Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in ...

Edda Fields-Black was working on a book about rice plantations when she came across the story of a raid in Beaufort that ...

The Trump administration is skirting a federal law by finding new namesakes for the bases with the same last names as ...

We feature a special broadcast marking the Juneteenth federal holiday that commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned of their freedom more than two years after the ...

The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black ...

In 2025, archaeologists researching the Civil War history of Kentucky found what may be two mass graves near Simpsonville.

Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. They will be honored June 21 as the ...

Democratic senators on Wednesday repeatedly slammed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his decision to restore the names of ...

Here's everything you need to know about Juneteenth, including when it is and the meaning behind the day, plus what's open ...