Juneteenth, observed on June 19, marks the day in 1865 when the last enslaved African Americans in the United States were informed of their freedom — more than two years after the Emancipation ...

Juneteenth National Independence Day on June 19, 2025, is a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United ...

Juneteenth is a federal holiday, but the city of Sacramento still does not officially recognize it as a paid day off for city employees. Last year, City Council members Rick Jennings and Caity ...

The Alabama Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government Tuesday unanimously approved a bill that would make Juneteenth a ... recognizing the day as a federal holiday.

Juneteenth, a federal holiday on June 19, marks the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation.

The news came two months after the end of the Civil War. Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021. If signed into law, state offices will close on June 19 for the Juneteenth holiday as they do ...

Rick Rehm’s bill to make Juneteenth a state holiday is headed ... Joe Biden signed a bill in 2021 recognizing the day as a federal holiday. And Gov. Kay Ivey has declared it a state holiday ...