WASHINGTON — The Juneteenth flag will fly over some state capitols and city buildings on Jun. 19, marking the day the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned they were free. Black Americans have long ...

The federal holiday, celebrated on June 19, is embraced as a nationwide celebration of Black history. Here’s how and where to partake. By Nia Decaille On June 19, 1865, a Union general informed ...

ON THIS DAY IN 1843, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “It has been ascertained that there will be room on the Bunker Hill Monumental Square for at least eighty thousand people, besides those who are ...

ON THIS DAY IN 1905, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Mayor [George] McClellan has issued orders that the flags shall fly from the City Hall on Wednesday, June 14, in observance of Flag Day, the ...