The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued as Union troops ...

ORLANDO — Juneteenth is the oldest nationally recognized celebration of the end of slavery in the United States. It commemorates the day — June 19, 1865 — when the last African American ...

1865, when the last African-American slaves finally learned they were free —2-1/2 years after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation — Juneteenth is the oldest nationally ...