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Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., will be observed on June 19, 2025, marking its fifth year as a ...
As the nation prepares to celebrate Juneteenth, a group of Anacostia residents and shop owners is starting a new tradition ...
Saturday afternoon, people gathered in the shade at English Park, with lawn chairs, food and companionship, for the Owensboro ...
Happy Birthday, Juneteenth! America's newest federal holiday celebrates its 5th year of celebration in 2025. But are ...
Despite Juneteenth’s status as a federal holiday, celebrations across the country are being scaled back or canceled, as ...
Located just beyond Q Street next to the Dumbarton House in Georgetown, the Mount Zion and Female Union Band Society ...
Spray parks and rec centers stayed open in D.C., despite many other Juneteenth holiday closures, due to the heat alert.
June 19th marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans and became a federal holiday in 2021 under President Biden. But ...
This weekend we’re celebrating Juneteenth and the first official weekend of summer. We hope you like it hot; plenty of pool weather is coming up in the forecast. The Annual Scotland Juneteenth ...
On June 19, 1865, news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Galveston, Texas, and the last enslaved people in America ...
D.C. is preparing for its largest Juneteenth celebration yet! Here are the must-attend events you should know about before ...