It may be a new federally recognized holiday, but the roots of Juneteenth date back to 1865. Here’s how some Arizonans are celebrating.

The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries. In 2021, President Joe Biden designated it a federal holiday — expanding its recognition beyond Black America.

For descendants of people who were enslaved by tribal nations, Juneteenth is both a celebration of freedom for people of African descent and a reminder of their struggle to be fully embraced by the Indigenous communities with whom they share history and in many cases ancestry.

Juneteenth celebrates a milestone in African American history. Do some, in and out of Washington, want to sweep that history under the rug?

Juneteenth honors June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to enforce the emancipation of enslaved African Americans — over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation that freed all enslaved people in the Confederacy.

They were honoring the past and celebrating the future on Tuesday at the Erie Veterans Hospital during their second annual Juneteenth event.     The word Juneteenth is a combination of

The day's celebrations include historical commemorations, poetry, music, dancing and performances, and other community-centered activities.

The year’s Juneteenth in Mt. Pleasant will highlight the power of collaboration to help build community through joy.

San Diego has several events to celebrate Juneteenth, which commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas learned they had been freed — two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed.