One kneeled and raised the script above her head for Bass to read ... Contestants of the 2024 Miss. Juneteenth Pageant huddle around to listen to last-minute changes to the choreography before ...

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 19: Members of the Royal Court of National Miss Juneteenth Georgia Padgent pose for photographs on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the Juneteenth People's Parade on ...

June 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States holiday. Also known as Freedom Day, Emancipation Day or America's second Independence Day ...

ATLANTA — On Wednesday, Americans celebrate June 19, also called Juneteenth National Independence Day. It’s an American holiday celebrating the date when the last slaves in the United States ...

This year marks the third year that New Jersey will celebrate Juneteenth as an official state holiday. However, while Juneteenth technically combines the words June and nineteenth, the state of ...

Since then, June 19 — or Juneteenth, for short — has commemorated the end of slavery in the U.S. and freedom for citizens of all races. Juneteenth celebrates a second Independence Day in the U.S., ...

As Juneteenth approaches, Jackson is ready to party — especially at The Two Mississippi Museums, where admission will be free for the whole day. For Jackson, which is more than 82% Black ...

Juneteenth always falls on June 19. In 2024, the holiday is on a Wednesday. Are banks open on Juneteenth? Like most federal holidays, expect your local banks and credit unions to be closed in ...

Juneteenth recognizes the resilience, strength and progress made in the United States after more than 200 years of slavery, commemorating the day when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston ...

Juneteenth Parade held in Easton on Sunday, June 16, 2024. Maya Brown, 10, of Ballon Works marches in Easton's second annual Juneteenth Parade Sunday, June 16, 2024. (Jane Therese / Special to The ...

Sunday’s Juneteenth Parade and Festival in Philadelphia served as a “celebration and homage to our ancestors.” Philadelphia's Juneteenth Parade proceeded down 52nd Street from just outside the Mann ...