Happy Birthday, Juneteenth! America's newest federal holiday celebrates its 5th year of celebration in 2025. But are companies celebrating? The short answer: it depends.

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

Here is a look at the origins of Juneteenth, how it became a federal holiday and more about its history. HOW DID JUNETEENTH START? The celebrations began with enslaved people in Galveston, Texas.

Juneteenth, a day that marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, is always observed on June 19 each year. It became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a bill by ...

The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries.

The National Park Service is again making entry into all sites free on the holiday, according to its website. Are there special Juneteenth decorations or foods?