Juneteenth Day—which commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union Army Major General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and told enslaved people of their emancipation—is the oldest regular ...

President Joe Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021. Banks, the U.S. Postal Service, schools and government offices will be closed for Juneteenth. Real freedom should be for us all.