Juneteenth is a federal holiday Thursday marking the day when slaves in Texas were told about the Emancipation Proclamation, two years after it had been announced.

Reflecting on the country's past to create a better future for all was part of the message at the 19th annual Juneteenth Festival on Germantown Avenue.

As crowds gather on Mall C in downtown Cleveland for a daylong celebration of Juneteenth, the city is once again honoring the day in 1865 when the last enslaved Black Americans in Texas were finally freed — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

Join the West Hartford community on June 14th to celebrate the 5th Annual CommUNITY Juneteenth Celebration located at West Hartford Town Hall. We have an exciting day filled with great entertainment, family activities, immersive art experiences, powerful speakers, and local vendors. We need your support and sponsorship to make this year successful!

Saturday afternoon in Aurora, the African American Men of Unity hosted its 24th annual Juneteenth celebration, a community-wide, four-hour party at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park at 51 N.

One of the programs included in Saturday’s celebration was the Juneteenth Observance “History Through Cooking”, presented by the C.J. Miller Foundation and MCM-Meridian. This program showed guests cooking demonstrations of African American foods.

The Pueblo community hosted its Juneteenth celebration in Ray Aguilera Park on Saturday afternoon, commemorating when slaves in Texas learned about their freedom.

Hundreds of people across San Antonio made their way to Sam Houston High School and Comanche Park on Saturday to celebrate Juneteenth five days early.

Reflecting on the country’s past to create a better future for all of us. That was part of the message for those who attended the 19th annual Juneteenth festival on Germantown Avenue. Ray Strickland reports the festival was not just a celebration,

Troy University's Rosa Parks Museum held its 10th annual festival Saturday, with more celebrations on the horizon.