SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Savannah Mayor Van Johnson is once again leading the Juneteenth Walk to the Savannah River. This walk begins at 8:30 a.m. in Wells Park. It will travel north on Martin Luther ...

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, with 2,000 ...

Opal Lee, known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” will not be able to lead a walk in Fort Worth this year. She was ...

The first Juneteenth celebration took place in 1866, one year after Granger’s order. Some referenced the holiday as “Jubilee ...

Juneteenth, the holiday marking the official end of slavery is celebrated annually on June 19, but became recognized as a federal holiday a few years back.

This week, the nation celebrates its youngest federal holiday, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas ...