Renee Anderson is a digital producer at CBS New York, where she covers breaking news and other local stories. Before joining the team in 2016, Renee worked at WMUR-TV. Juneteenth has arrived for 2025 ...

The federal holiday of Juneteenth falls on Thursday and will mean a number of closures for certain businesses. The annual holiday falls on June 19 and was first designated a holiday in 2021 by ...

Juneteenth will be marked on Thursday, June 19, 2025. Juneteenth commemorates the day — June 19, 1865 — when federal soldiers arrived in Galveston to take control of Texas and ensure the slaves were ...

While the Trump administration has rolled back federal support for DEI initiatives, there is no public plan to change the status of Juneteenth as a federal holiday. The fifth year since Juneteenth was ...

It's time to celebrate Juneteenth, the country's youngest federal holiday. Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered ...

For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Thursday marks four years since Juneteenth became a federal holiday, but for many Americans, the meaning behind the day is still unclear. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, ...

Houston celebrates Juneteenth with a 19-day citywide event series, marking the 1865 end of slavery with festivities that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's known as America's Second Independence Day, and it's celebrated today. Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United ...

Juneteenth will be marked on Thursday, June 19, 2025. Juneteenth commemorates the day — June 19, 1865 — when federal soldiers arrived in Galveston to take control of Texas and ensure the slaves were ...