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This year’s expanded festival invites everyone to take part in a celebration rooted in freedom, unity, and heritage — right in the heart of our city.
Galveston’s place as the birthplace of Juneteenth is significant. In 2021 Juneteenth became a federal holiday. For years, the ...
TIRZ developers argue that they are entitled to luxury finishes because their project generates the tax revenue for the zone, ...
Sailing from Galveston? Not all cruises are created equal! We’re ranking every cruise ship sailing from Galveston from worst ...
The president had been expected to issue a proclamation about Juneteenth but White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt ...
Marathon Petroleum continued assessing damage on Friday to the shut residual hydrotreating unit (RHU) at its ...
Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of ...
It sounds like something out of a dystopian sci-fi movie: an imposing robotic arm flips and gyrates hundreds of feet above ...
A former Harris County reserve deputy, arrested last month for allegedly sexually assaulting a child, is now facing new charges that police say are tied to the same case.
The emancipation took place on June 19, 1865, two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation ...
On Juneteenth, President Donald Trump took to social media to criticize non-working holidays and claimed that people want to ...
Leah Frazier, founder of the Juneteenth Fashion Show, and Historian and Writer Deah Berry Mitchell share the history of Juneteenth and their time in Galveston, TX.