Communities across the Chicago area have planned an array of events to honor and celebrate the holiday Thursday. Parties, ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday rejected U.S. calls for surrender in the face of ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed, two years after Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

In mid-June 2025, a rumor spread on social media claiming that the U.S. Department of Defense ( DOD) shared a Flag Day post on X featuring two Russian flags. Flag Day, celebrated annually on June 14, ...

Originally celebrated by newly freed Black communities in Texas with religious services, barbecues and symbolic traditions ...

Chicago's LGBTQ+ publication Windy City Times curated over 75 Pride Month events happening in Chicago this June. Here are a ...

The fifth annual raising of the Juneteenth flag will begin at 10 a.m., followed by a short reception. This will be the first ...

The city’s oldest Juneteenth celebrations began 20 years ago, and events will reflect part of Lexington’s 250-year heritage.

The Troy Bowling campus was named for a Kentucky Marine who was severely wounded during the same battle. Bowling joined the U ...

Mike Gang drove to downtown Crossville from southern Fentress County to celebrate Saturday’s 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army and Flag Day. “And the freedoms we have in this great nation,” he added ...

The Juneteenth flag will fly over some state capitols and city buildings on June 19. Here's what to know about the flag's ...