Juneteenth is the newest federal holiday. Federal legislation signed by President Joe Biden in 2021 officially marked the day, with the state of Connecticut following suit in 2022.

Connecticut marks Juneteenth. The holiday marks June 19, 1865, when Union Army Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that enslaved African Americans were free.

Juneteenth celebrations are taking place across the state today, despite efforts from the Trump administration to roll back diversity efforts. One church group is putting together a potluck.

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

Wanda Battle and her niece, Nylah Harris, 9, sing during a Juneteenth Celebration outside Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery, Ala., June 19, 2021. The Montgomery Advertiser via USA Today Network, FILE ...

Juneteenth celebrations this weekend in California, South Carolina, Michigan and Colorado, a high school graduation party in Philadelphia and a concert in Baton Rouge were all marred by gun ...

President Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal holiday. On this year's Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, the president kept silent.

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 ...

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