Jean Lafitte’s last rival left Galveston on July 8, 1817, leaving the self-proclaimed “president” of Texas in complete ...

The MSC Seascape will sail Western Caribbean itineraries, starting with the inaugural Texas-based voyage on Nov. 9 out of ...

Many tourists will flock to a beach for the Independence Day holiday and on Galveston Island, a list of events will happen ...

FOLSOM — California State Parks and its fiscal sponsors, California Black Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Stafford Consulting Group LLC, invite the public to the Fourth Annual Juneteenth Festival a ...

Juneteenth marks the jubilant day in 1865 when many of the more than 250,000 people who were enslaved in Texas finally learned they were legally free. This deliberately delayed news was delivered by ...

Each winner of the 2025 Dr. Eugene and Dr. Maxine Hankins Cain Lansing Juneteenth Essay Competition and Scholarship Program ...

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

South of Houston lies a small Gulf Coast town that's perfect for a Texas vacation of fishing, heading out on a boat, and ...

Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, and informed its Black residents that they were a free people. The 246 years of ...

The emancipation took place on June 19, 1865, two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation ...

All concerts are free with paid fair admission. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Shows begin at 7:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted. Here’s the current lineup for the Indiana ...

Juneteenth, short for “June Nineteenth” and also known as Freedom Day and Emancipation Day, commemorates the moment in 1865 ...