Emancipation Day. Freedom Day. Jubilee Day. Juneteenth is known by many names. On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger delivered General Order No. 3 to the enslaved people and residents of ...

Juneteenth marks the day enslaved people in ... A mixture of other red-fleshed seasonal items, like blood oranges, plums, watermelon, and cherries, can highlight the color -- while tropical ...

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 ...

As Black History Month kicks off this weekend, the Marshall-Harrison County Juneteenth Association is moving up its annual ...

Are banks open on Juneteenth in 2024? That's a question plenty of folks are asking just ahead of the holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. The answer is no ...