For Juneteenth, USA TODAY is telling the stories of five different communities across the country where residents are ...

Fitz Lee grew up in Dinwiddie County, received the Medal of Honor for bravery during wartime and died of health issues ...

The annual Juneteenth celebration is returning to Staunton this weekend. Juneteenth itself is June 19 every year, but the ...

A T-shirt worn by Beyoncé during a Juneteenth performance on her “Cowboy Carter” tour has sparked a discussion over how ...

On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger led troops into Texas to announce the end of the Civil War and slavery. Thousands of people in Texas, who were among the last to learn of their ...

WHEREAS, Juneteenth has been celebrated by Texans since 1866, it became a Virginia state and federal holiday in 2021; and WHEREAS, Staunton City Council recognizes that the observance of the end of ...

Every state has a capitol that houses its state legislature. Many are domed buildings similar to the US Capitol, but others ...

Organizers of Juneteenth celebrations across the U.S. tell NPR how they're feeling this year. And NPR presents a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.

In 2024 then Governor Jim Justice made Juneteenth an official state holiday, permitting employees the day off. Morrisey has cited financial reasons for not making his predecessor’s action a ...

But since news of the emancipation didn’t reach 250,000 slaves in Texas until 1865, two years and a half years after they were no longer slaves, these states may come online to celebrate the ...

Today is Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when U.S. Army troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform some of the last enslaved Americans that they were free. They were enforcing the Emancipation ...