The land would later be known as Emancipation Park, the first and oldest park in Texas. Several Juneteenth events take place not only at the park but around the city of Houston as well.

The area is still known as Emancipation Park. Nowadays, Juneteenth celebrations often involve cookouts, parades, church services, and other public events, per NPR. In 2022, for example ...

D.C. Emancipation Day celebrations continue, with a parade, festival, and concert commemorating the end of slavery in the ...

A recent Grammy-award winning group will be at this year’s Fifth Annual Juneteenth Jubilee, the Cool Spring Downtown District ...

Fort Worth Police Chief Henry Lee reported the Juneteenth celebration of 1923 was ... that 10,000 Black people celebrated Emancipation Day at Forest Park, including the zoo. Animal keeper Hamilton ...

For the fourth year in a row, the Medina community will come together in the city’s historic square to observe Juneteenth.

You can experience the Juneteenth festival, freedom walk tour, parade, gala and tons of other events, including an annual reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.

In the 1870s, African Americans pooled together $800 and purchased 10 acres of land where Juneteenth celebrations could be held, which they called Emancipation Park. During the years of ...

The Central Park Conservancy has undertaken continuing research and work to uncover more about life in Seneca Village during its 32-year history. A series of Juneteenth events will celebrate the ...

The fifth annual Juneteenth Jubilee will be held on June 14 at Festival Park in downtown Fayetteville. The event is a celebration of Juneteenth, which commemorates the emancipation of enslaved ...