President Donald Trump canceled MLK Day and Juneteenth celebratory discounts nationwide. Here's what that means.

After a loss of funding in 2025 forced the Southern Colorado Juneteenth Festival to move locations, the 2026 festival is already on the books for a new location that will ...

This is perfect for planning! Some of next year's popular holidays and celebrations will fall conveniently on Fridays and Saturdays.

The holiday, observed on June 19, is also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, and has been celebrated by communities across the country for more than a century. But Juneteenth didn't become ...

Monday, June 19, marks the third time Juneteenth is observed nationwide as a federal holiday. A commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, Juneteenth is also called Freedom Day or ...

US bank holidays: 11 federal days including New Year's Jan 1, MLK Jan 19, July 4 observed July 3, Thanksgiving Nov 26. Full ...

A flag flies on a float during the 45th annual Juneteenth National Independence Day celebrations in Galveston, Texas, on June 15, 2024. (Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images) June 19 marks Juneteenth, a ...

When Juneteenth became a federal holiday last year, South Carolina organizer Jamal Bradley was excited for it to finally get the recognition it deserves. But his enthusiasm was quickly dashed when he ...

Opal Lee, 97, spent years advocating to get Juneteenth recognized as a federal holiday Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and ...

Janell Ross is the senior correspondent on race and identities for TIME. If you ask Black people born and raised on the island, Juneteenth marks the day Black soldiers in blue uniforms came with their ...

In 2024, California Gov. Gavin Newsom officially recognized the holiday, which recognizes the end of slavery in the United States, as a statewide “day of observance.” “California is proud to recognize ...

This year brings the 160th anniversary of June 19, 1865, a major turning point in the fight to end slavery in the U.S. Janine Henni is a Royals Staff Writer for PEOPLE Digital, covering modern ...