A photographer's journey to the Gulf Coast city yields 16 images that reveal how its natural beauty melds with its momentous ...

June 19, 1865, can be described as a day of freedom. It's the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free ...

A new book finds that Galveston's business and political elite undermined the promise of "absolute equality" that we ...

A concert from the Galveston Symphony Orchestra marked 160 years since enslaved people in Texas were officially freed – a day ...

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

June 19, 1865—when Union General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the Emancipation ...

Former president Joe Biden will be attending a Juneteenth celebration at a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in ...

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The federal holiday marks the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Texas.

The Texas Surfing Museum, which opened in February 2025 in Galveston, honors the state's rich but often below-the-radar surfing subculture. Chron Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo Skip to main content ...

Galveston County Sheriff Jimmy Fullen is likely headed to a court hearing in his battle with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE).. Fullen is fighting TCOLE’s recommendation to have ...

Juneteenth, born in Galveston, Texas, marks the day—June 19, 1865—when Union General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.