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Juneteenth events across Seattle area to celebrate Black history, culture. Posted: June 19, 2025 | Last updated: June 19, 2025. A variety of events are planned across Washington for Juneteenth, ...
From Juneteenth celebrations around Seattle to hip-hop producer battles and more, here are the latest local things to do in the Seattle area during the weekend. Food and drink.
For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed ...
The Spokane NAACP Juneteenth event is scheduled for June 19, ... — The Spokane NAACP Branch is hosting a Juneteenth event that will feature a former Super Bowl champion with the Seattle Seahawks.
It's pageant season and we're joined by two local pageant queens -- Pierce County's Miss Juneteenth 2025 Derrion Crocklem and Miss Eastside Nyah Hart stop by Good Day Seattle.
Juneteenth in June 19, 2025. Here's what you should know about the federal holiday and which stores and services are open and closed. The federal holiday will be observed on Thursday, June 19.
The 1865 Juneteenth General Order No. 3 is displayed by Kaitlyn Price, curator of collections for the Dallas Historical Society, at the Fair Park Hall of State, in Dallas, Friday, June 6, 2025.
Even Cinco De Mayo is tied to Juneteenth, Collins said. On May 5, 1862, a Mexican army defeated French forces in the Battle of Puebla. French Emperor Napoleon III had plans to provide the ...
More than 200 people took part in this year’s annual Juneteenth A Celebration of Freedom Walk on June 19 in Grayslake. Thursday’s weather for the walk, which began shortly after 5 p.m., was ...
Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States, is this week.. Although Juneteenth celebrations were documented as early as 1866, it wasn't officially ...
A variety of events are planned across Washington for Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.