The holiday to mark the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued on June 19, 1865, as Union troops arrived in Galveston at the end of the Civil War. General Order No. 3 declared that ...

We don't need to party like it's 1865. But we can celebrate the end of slavery with America's greatest abolitionist.

Harriet and Lewis Hayden left in 1844 with the help of the Underground Railroad and became prominent abolitionists in Boston, Mass., helping hundreds of other enslaved people.

Letter writers discuss history of Juneteenth, Holocaust exhibit in Virginia Beach and gubernatorial candidate Abigail ...

New Jersey didn’t end slavery with the Civil War Many Northern Democrats, not just in New Jersey, were pro-slavery or at least tolerated it, believing it was the states’ right to choose.

New Jersey didn’t end slavery with the Civil War Many Northern Democrats, not just in New Jersey, were pro-slavery or at least tolerated it, believing it was the states’ right to choose. Economic ...

The holiday to mark the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued on June 19, 1865, as Union troops arrived in Galveston at the end of the Civil War.

Juneteenth celebrations took place across the U.S., commemorating the day in 1865 when enslaved Black people in Texas learned ...

The KC Defenders hosted a Juneteenth cookout on Thursday, drawing together families and friends in a vibrant celebration of ...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in ...

Juneteenth, the nation’s youngest federal holiday, commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. on June 19, 1865. (CNN, WTMJ, WISC, WCHS) What Trump has said about Juneteenth ...