Thursday, June 19 Juneteenth Unity Trek at Dorsey Park 1701 NW 1 Avenue 9:30 a.m. "This event is a collective act or restoration in response to the desecration of the Dorsey Park murals.

The Associated Press contributed. Editor’s Note: This article originally stated that officials believed Plano was the first municipality in Illinois to recognize Juneteenth as an official holiday.

Juneteenth celebrations began to regain popularity again in the 1970s and early 1980s, after another Texas politician, Albert Ely Edwards, pushed for Juneteenth to become a state holiday, Collins ...

Trump says 'too many non-working holidays' Trump's post on Juneteenth criticized the number of federal holidays, which most federal workers have as paid holidays. There are 12 federal holidays in ...

Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States, with a history dating back to the 1860s.

Spectators watch a Juneteenth Parade in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 2021. Contributor Juneteenth represents the long-delayed freedom of enslaved Black people in the United States. But Juneteenth ...

The purpose of Juneteenth was always a celebration of emancipation, of the Black community’s emergence out of our gloomy past. But it was also an implicit warning that what had been done could ...

Recognizing Juneteenth, defending its place in our national consciousness, is not just about honoring the past. It is about being fully aware of what we are up against and choosing the kind of future ...

Credit: Depositphotos *As Juneteenth, commemorating the 1865 emancipation announcement in Galveston, Texas, gains prominence as a federal holiday since 2021, its culinary heritage takes center ...

Boston's Juneteenth celebration will be held on Saturday, June 21 at Franklin Park. Picnics, barbecues, music and dancing are planned at Shattuck Picnic Grove and all around the park.

A version of this article appears in print on July 6, 2025, Section ST, Page 10 of the New York edition with the headline: Juneteenth as a Celebration of Black Love.

Juneteenth is a Federal Reserve bank holiday, meaning most banks, such as Wells Fargo, Citibank, Huntington, Bank of America, Truist and others, will also be closed on June 19.