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The farmers hope that through their work, people of all ethnic backgrounds will be encouraged to get their hands a little ...
Across Connecticut, communities celebrated the Juneteenth holiday. Juneteenth is the newest federal holiday. Federal ...
Middletown's fifth annual Juneteenth parade saw Connecticut marching bands bring different styles of music to the streets of ...
A historic Black family is getting recognition in Simsbury this Juneteenth. In the 1770s, a man named Peter Jackson was ...
Juneteenth celebrations are taking place across the state today, despite efforts from the Trump administration to roll back ...
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — A ceremonial groundbreaking will be held Thursday for the rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest ...
Here's a look back at the history of Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, and ...
Lilly, the head of Connecticut’s Department of Children and Families, wants state residents to focus on mental health this ...
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Connecticut marks Juneteenth
The holiday marks June 19, 1865, when Union Army Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that ...
While some states have acknowledged Juneteenth in symbolic ways or through commemorative events, others have chosen to mark ...