Juneteenth 2025 will be celebrated on Thursday, June 19 this year. The U.S. Postal Service, or USPS for short, usually closes on federal holidays to give their workers time off.

Juneteenth, marked each year on June 19, commemorates one of the final acts of emancipation of slaves in the U.S. What is Juneteenth? Juneteenth traces its origins back to Galveston, Texas where ...

Why is June 19 a federal holiday? Though it has long been celebrated in Black communities, Juneteenth became a federal holiday when Biden signed a bill on June 17, 2021.

On June 19, 1865, United States Army Maj. General Gordon Granger, entered Galveston, Texas. Here, some 1,600 miles from his hometown—the aptly named Joy, New York, in nearby Wayne County ...

On Sunday, June 19, Americans will observe the nation's youngest federal holiday – Juneteenth, which became officially recognized last year by President Joe Biden.

Juneteenth is observed annually on June 19 to remember the day when Union Army Gen. Gordon Granger told enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, that they had been liberated on June 19, 1865 ...

Abraham Lincoln, 16th president, issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, yet freedom did not arrive for many enslaved people until June 19, 1865. Today, Juneteenth is a federal holiday.