For local chefs and foodies, Juneteenth flavors are as wide as Boston’s African diaspora By Tiana Woodard Globe Staff,Updated June 19, 2024, 12:00 a.m.

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As the Juneteenth flag hangs over City Hall Plaza, the Boston area will be filled with festivities and celebration today for Juneteenth. Community leaders, families and local organizations are ...

BOSTON - There's many things to do this weekend in Massachusetts, including a celebration for Juneteenth, a Greek festival and even a pickleball tournament! JuneteenthFest 2024 ...

For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - Communities across Massachusetts came together to recognize Juneteenth. The federal holiday commemorates the day the last enslaved people were freed in Galveston, Texas.

BOSTON (WHDH) - Boston community members and city officials gathered to celebrate an early flag-raising for Juneteenth on City Hall Plaza Monday afternoon. June 19 recognizes the date in 1865 when ...

Spectators watch a Juneteenth Parade in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 2021. Contributor Juneteenth represents the long-delayed freedom of enslaved Black people in the United States. But Juneteenth ...

Opinion Opinion Juneteenth celebration invites Americans to tell the truth about U.S. history This Juneteenth, don’t just take a day off.

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Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger led Union soldiers into Galveston, Texas, bringing news that slavery in the United States had ended by executive decree.