The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

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

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Here's some of ...

Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, carrying with them orders that all enslaved people were now free. For decades, marking ...

The sign shown in the cartoon topping this post is the actual signage now appearing in National Parks that reads like it ...

Americans will celebrate Juneteenth on Thursday, marking the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned ...

Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union general Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865 in this painting, titled "Let Us Have Peace" by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris.

The first Juneteenth was held in Galveston the next year. Celebrations were low-key affairs, often kept to church gatherings ...

There was a time when the name “Walter Gorthy” was well known in the Cadillac area because of the incredible role he played ...

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell didn't hold back his contempt for Trump, who promised to restore the names of military bases to those of Confederate generals.

Americans will be celebrating Juneteenth, the federal holiday marking the day when the last enslaved people in the U.S. were freed.