Juneteenth, the June 19th federal holiday that commemorates the end of America’s slavocracy and celebrates freedom for ...

On Juneteenth, District residents are celebrating the holiday with various events, including a Freedom & Unity Walk and a ...

At least 37 former slaves freed by Abraham Lincoln's issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation are among people buried at Topeka's Ritchie Cemetery.

According to a 2024 Congressional Research Service report, at least 30 states and the District of Columbia have designated ...

The parade was a good thing. Here’s the first thing to say about Saturday’s military parade in Washington, D.C., honoring the Army’s 250th birthday: It was a good thing to do. It wasn’t a vanity ...

— The New Holland Community Park, at 400-498 E. Jackson St. in New Holland, will host a Fourth of July celebration featuring ...

Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, contains the remains of more than 400,000 people from the United States and 13 other countries, buried there since the 1860s. More than three ...

Leading historians aim to restore and grow respect for enslaved people and their descendants on Juneteenth, commemorating the ...

He left a federal facility in Louisiana and was expected to head to New York to reunite with his U.S. citizen wife and ...

A Palestinian activist who was detained for more than three months pushed his infant son’s stroller with one hand and pumped his fist in the air with the other as supporters ...

President Donald Trump is touting a court decision that will allow him to keep the California National Guard in Los Angeles to police protests against his deportation efforts despite objections by ...

In the western suburbs, Governor JB Pritzker and Illinois Speaker of the House Emanuel “Chris” Welch joined local families at Hillside Memorial Park District for Welch’s fourth annual ...