Jasmine Kingi, left, 26, and Robin Renee Green, 26, both from Los Angeles, celebrate as they take part in a car parade to mark Juneteenth in Inglewood, Calif, June 19, 2021.

Terrence Floyd, brother of the late George Floyd who was killed by a police officer, speaks during the unveiling event of Floyd's statue, as part of Juneteenth celebrations in Brooklyn, N.Y., June ...

Here at home, President Trump has also floated the idea of eliminating one of the national holidays. However, because he floated the idea on Juneteenth — via a social media post about “too ...

Mosaic Why Trump’s attack on Juneteenth sparked calls to cancel other federal holidays Published: Jun. 24, 2025, 12:19 p.m.

Juneteenth is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery. It marks the day in 1865 when slaves in Galveston, Texas, learned that President Abraham Lincoln had freed them.

During the discussion, Collins pointed out that signatures on the petition to make Juneteenth a federal holiday went from a few thousand to more than 1.5 million in the days following Floyd's death.

At Brown Sugar Bounce's block party, South House, and other festivities throughout the weekend, style lovers hit the streets.

Juneteenth has not been scrubbed from the list of holidays observed by Oklahoma County government, but its apparent omission sparked a short-lived firestorm before it was found to have been a ...