ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - People gathered at Rockford’s Ethnic Heritage Museum for its 2025 Juneteenth celebration. Rockford Readers Theatre preformed, reading things like the Emancipation Proclamation ...

In May 1865, the national government threw itself a parade. It had been more than a month since the rebellion in defense of ...

Juneteenth celebrations have been scaled back this year due to funding shortfalls as companies and municipalities across the country reconsider their support for diversity, equity and inclusion ...