NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (WTNH) — Across Connecticut, communities celebrated the Juneteenth holiday. Juneteenth is the newest federal holiday. Federal legislation signed by President Joe Biden in 2021 ...

Amid Juneteenth celebrations hosted by cultural groups across the region, two churches are hosting a potluck to celebrate the day. St. Paul’s Church in Batam, Conn. and Christ Church in ...

Juneteenth, also referred to as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas.

President Donald Trump has issued new proclamations for the Gulf of America Day, WWI and WWII. Did Trump acknowledge Juneteenth, a non-working holiday?

President Donald Trump said the U.S. has "too many non-working holidays," but he hasn't shied away from other holiday proclamations.. In an apparent critique of Juneteenth, Trump said in a June 19 ...

President Trump on Thursday — which marks Juneteenth, the newest addition to the U.S. holiday calendar — said the country is losing money due to the number of federal holidays. “Too many non ...

The “Grandmother of Juneteenth” urges Trump to reconsider his executive order pausing DEI observances, including Black History Month and Juneteenth ...

President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal holiday. On Wednesday, Black community leaders from across the country ...

Juneteenth, the holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United States, has been celebrated at the White House each June 19 since it was enshrined into law four years ago.

After regularly honoring Juneteenth during his first term, Trump acknowledged the 2025 holiday with a snarky post on Americans getting too many days off.

Juneteenth celebrations took place across the U.S., commemorating the day in 1865 when enslaved Black people in Texas learned of their freedom. While long honored by Black Americans, the holiday ...