Juneteenth, observed on June 19, marks the day in 1865 when the last enslaved African Americans in the United States were informed of their freedom — more than two years after the Emancipation ...

Juneteenth National Independence Day on June 19, 2025, is a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United ...

Juneteenth is a federal holiday, but the city of Sacramento still does not officially recognize it as a paid day off for city employees. Last year, City Council members Rick Jennings and Caity ...

Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill Thursday making Juneteenth a state holiday in Alabama. HB 165, sponsored by Rep. Rick Rehm, R-Dothan, closes state government offices on June 19 for the holiday ...

The Alabama Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government Tuesday unanimously approved a bill that would make Juneteenth a ... recognizing the day as a federal holiday.

Juneteenth is the nation’s newest federal holiday, established in 2021 ... running and most diverse observances of Juneteenth. In 2024, the Metropolitan King County Council proclaimed June ...

The news came two months after the end of the Civil War. Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021. If signed into law, state offices will close on June 19 for the Juneteenth holiday as ...