The proclamation was accepted by committee member Angela Douglas and it declared June 19, 2025, as Juneteenth Day in the Town ...

It's time to celebrate Juneteenth, the country's youngest federal holiday. ... The Civil War had ended on April 9, and the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued on January 1, 1863.

On Jan. 1, 1863, nearly two years into the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which ...

Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States, is this week.. Although Juneteenth celebrations were documented as early as 1866, it wasn't officially ...

Juneteenth commemorates the day — June 19, 1865 — when federal soldiers arrived in Galveston to take control of Texas and ensure the slaves were freed per the Emancipation Proclamation.

President Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal holiday. On this year's Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, the president kept silent.

It's time to celebrate Juneteenth, the country's youngest federal holiday. ... The Civil War had ended on April 9, and the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued on January 1, 1863.

Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States, is this week. Although Juneteenth celebrations were documented as early as 1866, it wasn't officially ...

Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19 every year, commemorates the day the news of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation reached the south – almost three years after Lincoln signed the ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal holiday. He even claimed once to have made it “very famous ...

Asked whether Trump would commemorate Juneteenth in any way, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters: “I’m not tracking his signature on a proclamation today.