There are already far too many things that divide us, and calling Juneteenth a second Independence Day isn’t going to help.

Celebrated annually on June 19 across the US, Juneteenth commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas and the nation’s “second” Independence Day.Juneteenth – which was recognised ...

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Independence will not provide a “magic wand” but it will ... the highest number recorded on a single day so far in 2025. Keir ...

America’s newest national holiday today also rises as America’s most misunderstood federal holiday. Part of that misunderstanding may come from its novelty to the masses. After all, Juneteenth has ...

Though the Trump administration has been removing content on African American history from federal websites, Juneteenth ...

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Plenty of Juneteenth events have already been celebrated in Philadelphia and the region, but there are many more coming up.

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It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and ...