A photographer's journey to the Gulf Coast city yields 16 images that reveal how its natural beauty melds with its momentous ...

For Juneteenth, USA TODAY is telling the stories of five different communities across the country where residents are ...

This Thursday marks 160 years since the origin of Juneteenth. Here's what to know about the holiday and why' it's celebrated.

Washington — Former President Joe Biden criticized "ongoing efforts to erase history" during a Juneteenth Celebration Service at a historic African Methodist Episcopal Church in Galveston, Texas — and ...

Union Gen. Gordon Granger set up his headquarters in Galveston, Texas, and famously signed an order June 19, 1865, "All slaves are free." President Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday last year.

Juneteenth honors June 19, 1865, when the last enslaved people in the Confederacy were freed in Texas. Learn about the ...

Former President Joe Biden celebrated Juneteenth on Thursday at a historic Black church in Texas, calling for Americans to come together to push the country forward.

Juneteenth, short for "June Nineteenth," commemorates the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take control of the state and enforce the emancipation of all enslaved people.

Where July 4th celebrates the day America claimed independence from British rule, Juneteenth commemorates June 19th marks the ...

On our walk through downtown Galveston, Griffin took me north of the median where Sydnor's auction house once stood, to the corner of 22nd and Strand, where the Juneteenth mural is.

Why it matters: It marked the first of what would become one of the longest continuously running Juneteenth celebrations in America. Flashback: Johnson was born in Galveston, Texas, where ...

Juneteenth is the longest-running African American holiday, and it became a federal holiday a few years ago. Here's what's open and closed Thursday.