Galveston celebrates the 160th Juneteenth anniversary with a week of events honoring emancipation and African American culture. GALVESTON, Texas — Galveston is marking the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth with a week of celebrations honoring the legacy of emancipation and African American culture.

Juneteenth celebrates a milestone in African American history. Do some, in and out of Washington, want to sweep that history under the rug?

Juneteenth celebrations will take place in cities and town across the country. This national holiday celebrates the day union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas to alert enslavers that all enslaved Africans and their descendants were free;

As communities across the United States mark Juneteenth, food is central to the celebration. The holiday, observed on June 19, honors the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally learned of their emancipation,

As Juneteenth 2025 approaches, Houston and Galveston are holding events, a parade and festivals to mark the historic holiday.

They were honoring the past and celebrating the future on Tuesday at the Erie Veterans Hospital during their second annual Juneteenth event.     The word Juneteenth is a combination of

Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the United States, will be commemorated Thursday with several events around Baltimore.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, commemorates the day on June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas and announced that all enslaved people were to be freed.