The holiday traces back 160 years on the island, to the day General Gordon Granger announced enslaved people were free two ...

Juneteenth has been celebrated since 1866 and commemorates June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger told slaves in ...

Several said they were concerned Galveston Historical Foundation wouldn’t consider the ideas and desires of Black residents ...

GALVESTON, Texas -- The most popular Juneteenth celebration of emancipation is in Galveston, Texas, where the last enslaved people were freed. The city designated five sites you can walk to explore ...

The assertion that Galveston Historical Foundation wrongly excluded numerous members of the Black community from the official ...

Entitled Juneteenth's Home, the initiative is currently as long on lofty hopes as it is short on details. Nevertheless, several officials, including Galveston Mayor Dr. Craig Brown and U.S. Rep. Randy ...

GALVESTON (KTRK) -- Stephen Duncan has been playing the part of Union General Gordon Granger at Galveston's Juneteenth celebration for the past five years. This year feels different for him. "I hope ...

A fundraising dinner to benefit the seventh-annual Potsdam community-wide Juneteenth Celebration will be held Nov. 8 at 5 p.m. Reservations are requested for seating at a community meal and to-go ...

Rex "Wrecks" Bell, former owner of a popular Galveston venue and club known for its live blues, jazz and acoustic music, has ...