On June 19, 1865, Black people who had been enslaved in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free, months after the end of the American Civil War. Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021.

MT. Holiday in Traverse City has continued to make sure they have year round recreation for the public. One of those being their zip-line that just opened back up this past weekend.

Juneteenth, a fairly new federal holiday, remembers June 19, 1865, the day slaves in Galveston, Texas, were finally notified that they were freed through the Emancipation Proclamation, issued over ...

Very few people have heard of it.” Generations of Black Americans celebrated Juneteenth long before it became a federal holiday in 2021 with the stroke of President Joe Biden’s pen.

Boston Celtics' Jrue Holiday (4) during the second half of Game 6 in the Eastern Conference semifinals of the NBA basketball playoffs against the New York Knicks Friday, May 16, 2025, in New York.

New Mexico is not included in this list. While the state personnel board approved adding Juneteenth to the list of 2022 paid state holidays, Juneteenth is not recognized as a legal state holiday ...

President Donald Trump has so far been quiet about the Juneteenth holiday on a day he previously praised. On this year’s holiday on Thursday, the president kept silent about a day important to ...

According to a 2024 Congressional Research Service report, at least 30 states and the District of Columbia have designated Juneteenth as a permanent paid and/or legal holiday through legislation ...

The United States’ newest federal holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, has quickly become its most puzzling one. Four years after President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National ...

West Virginia also does not recognize Juneteenth as a paid holiday, as confirmed by Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Thursday, NewsNation affiliate WOWK reported.

Since it was designated a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth has gained more widespread recognition beyond the Black community. Many people get the day off work or school, and there are a ...

Juneteenth grew from a local Texas holiday to a "western regional holiday" by 1910, he said. By the early 1960s, the celebration became popular in cities like New Orleans, Tulsa, Oakland, San ...