The flag is also symbolic of cultural and historic solidarity for Americans, a shared past, present and future—which is ...

It was Wednesday, June 19, when Major General Gordon Granger and his troops rode into Galveston, bringing with them General ...

The red, white and blue Juneteenth flag marked with a single bursting star signifies the end of a dark chapter in American history when the last slaves were freed more than two years after the ...

They were free. The day became known as Juneteenth, a word created by joining the words ‘June’ and ‘nineteenth’ together, and has been celebrated every year by African-American people to ...