RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - June 19, 1865 Major General Gordon Granger announced freedom to the enslaved people of Galveston, Texas nearly two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation ...

The last enslaved people in America learned of their freedom under the Emancipation Proclamation 160 years ago. It took two ...

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a ...

Celebrations for Juneteenth 2025 in Lawton kicked off with a prayer breakfast and proclamation signing. This was followed by ...

Acknowledging the historical link between the end of Black slavery in the U.S. and the creation of the State of West Virginia ...

Mountain State residents celebrate another proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln. On Jan. 1, 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation. On June 20, 1863, he declared that Mountaineers are ...