Boston's Juneteenth celebration will be held on Saturday, June 21 at Franklin Park. Picnics, barbecues, music and dancing are planned at Shattuck Picnic Grove and all around the park.

As Americans marked the weekend heading into Monday’s Juneteenth holiday in varying ways, the mood in Greater Boston was decidedly a celebratory one.. Deemed a state holiday in 2020 and a ...

Boston celebrates Juneteenth with flag-raising, parade through Roxbury. Story by Helena Getahun-Hawkins • 11mo. U ndeterred by sweltering temperatures, hundreds marched in Roxbury Wednesday from ...

Juneteenth was commemorated across the country on Thursday, including in Boston at Roxbury Heritage State Park. The holiday included a flag-raising at the Dillaway-Thomas House and a parade.

Embrace Boston is hosting the Embrace Ideas Festival this week, designed to coincide with other Juneteenth celebrations. “Embrace [Boston’s] work is to think about the ways in which monuments ...

BOSTON — Boston's second Juneteenth parade is one part of the festivities planned in the city for Monday's federal holiday. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when U.S. Army Gen. George ...

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day that enslaved people in Texas learned of their freedom. The order provided by Union Major General Gordon Granger abolished slavery in the country ...

Juneteenth honors June 19, 1865, when the last enslaved people in the Confederacy were freed in Texas. Learn about the ...

Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States, with a history dating back to the 1860s.

Orsha Olayiwola Poet Laureate, City of Boston Poet-in-Residence, (Photo provided by Porsha Olayiwola) Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 that the last known group of slaves, in Galveston ...

The Embrace sculpture on Boston Common is an enduring symbol of the struggle for equal citizenship for all. As we celebrate Juneteenth this year, Larry Gennari calls on readers to dive into books ...