It may be four months away, but planning has already begun for Vallejo’s 35th annual Juneteenth Parade and Festival. The ...

He travels throughout Texas and discovers how the Juneteenth holiday reveals the hope and courage that empowered the formerly enslaved and their descendants to fight for freedom in an often unjust ...

Emancipation Day. Freedom Day. Jubilee Day. Juneteenth is known by many names. On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger delivered General Order No. 3 to the enslaved people and residents of ...

It means freedom for everybody,” said Doctor Lee. June 19th commemorates the day ... Juneteenth holiday into law. In 2024 Lee earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom “Oh, I was so happy ...

As celebrations erupted and cannons fired in 1776, my ancestors' freedom ... to recognize Juneteenth as a federal holiday last year. But this year, Juneteenth falls on the same day as Father's ...

The day became known as Juneteenth, a word created by joining ... states in the south were declared to be free. But this freedom depended on the Northern states winning the war.

FORT WORTH, Texas — As Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President Monday on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Fort Worth’s Opal Lee, the Grandmother of Juneteenth, wrote an open letter calling ...

Major League Soccer is undertaking a series of initiatives to celebrate Juneteenth – the historic date commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans in the U.S. All programs are a ...

Grandmother of Juneteenth Opal Lee is photographed in ... In 2024, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden.[(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) Opal Lee did not vote ...

FORT WORTH – Opal Lee, affectionately known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," sent a heartfelt letter to President Donald Trump on his inauguration day ... to enjoy the freedom of being ...

My family and I celebrated four major holidays, and if I had to rank them, I'd say Mother's Day would be at ... The lessons of Juneteenth and its roots in freedom and justice are enduring and ...

Juneteenth, a blend of the words June and nineteenth, marks the end to slavery in the United States and is considered the longest running African American holiday in the United States. In ...