Liberation & Freedom Day is a holiday celebrated in Charlottesville each March 3, to mark the day in 1865 when Union Maj. Gen. Phillip Sheridan and his troops arrived in the city and liberated more ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – The Juneteenth Freedom Day Celebration is back for another year in Portsmouth. It’s designed to celebrate African American freedom and is full of performances, vendors and ...

As communities across the United States prepare to observe Juneteenth, a day of profound significance that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, it's a moment to reflect on the ...

Today Boston marks Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, which commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. after the Civil War. On June 19, 1865, the Union Army reached Galveston Bay, Texas and it ...

The sound of a cannon blast echoed through the American Freedom Museum’s silent plaza, as a crowd of veterans watched the smoke clear during the Veterans Day Celebration in Bullard on Saturday.

Juneteenth is an important day in Black history as well as American history. Though Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, it wasn't until June 19, 1865, that the last ...

Juneteenth ‒ also known as Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day and Freedom Day ‒ falls on a Thursday this year and will be marked in Knoxville with festivals, a parade, music and other activities on and ...

Today is World Press Freedom Day — a celebration established over 30 years ago by the United Nations to remind all of us that a free press is essential to a functioning and ethical society and is a ...

The Oak Ridge City-Wide Juneteenth/Freedom Day celebration will take place Saturday, June 21, at the Scarboro Community Center, 148 Carver Ave. On Saturday, the Juneteenth Festival will get underway ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – The Juneteenth Freedom Day Celebration is back for another year in Portsmouth. It’s designed to celebrate African American freedom and is full of performances, vendors and ...