In essence, Juneteenth is a second Independence Day. After 2½ bloody years of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, ending slavery in the rebellious states.

The Wawa Welcome America festival will kick off its countdown to Independence Day with a variety of Juneteenth celebrations at the African American Museum in Philadelphia. Experience music ...

Alabama Democrats have pushed over the years to make Juneteenth a state holiday. Givan has introduced a bill each year since ...

Texans can only buy fireworks around the holidays of the Fourth of July, New Year's and, for Texans who live near the ...

Republican Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde is pushing for Washington D.C. to rename Black Lives Matter Plaza, which was ...

The red, white and blue Juneteenth flag marked with a single bursting star signifies the end of a dark chapter in American history when the last slaves were freed more than two years after the ...