{"id":4887,"date":"2023-05-31T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/05\/31\/bpzlxpeobfgv3huar2m2ctu5bq\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:16:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:16:57","slug":"bpzlxpeobfgv3huar2m2ctu5bq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/gallery\/2023\/05\/31\/bpzlxpeobfgv3huar2m2ctu5bq\/","title":{"rendered":"Juneteenth Celebrations Across the Country"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1579\" height=\"1052\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2975\" data-id=\"2975\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21207795097337.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21207795097337.jpg.jpg 1579w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21207795097337.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21207795097337.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21207795097337.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21207795097337.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1023 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1579px) 100vw, 1579px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">In this aerial photo provided by the Santa Cruz Police Department is a Black Lives Matter Mural painted on a street that was vandalized in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Saturday, July 24, 2021. Police in Northern California have arrested two men over allegedly vandalizing the mural. The mural had recently been repainted in celebration of Juneteenth, the Santa Cruz Sentinel reported Sunday, July 25, 2021. (Santa Cruz Police Department via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2984\" data-id=\"2984\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21171242233079.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21171242233079.jpg.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21171242233079.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21171242233079.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21171242233079.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21171242233079.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21171242233079.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A woman decorates her car with a sign during a car parade to mark Juneteenth on Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo\/Ringo H.W. Chiu)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3644\" height=\"2431\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2992\" data-id=\"2992\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21171068912650.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21171068912650.jpg.jpg 3644w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21171068912650.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21171068912650.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21171068912650.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21171068912650.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1025 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21171068912650.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3644px) 100vw, 3644px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Dan Bubien performs with hoe band &#8220;The Delta Struts&#8221; on the first day of the Franklin Blues &#038; Barbecue Festival, Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Franklin, Pa. The annual festival with free music, returned after being canceled last year due to COVID-19, uses proceeds from vendors and sponsors to support the music programs in the local public schools. The festival helped celebrate the first Juneteenth celebration in the city.(AP Photo\/Keith Srakocic)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3004\" data-id=\"3004\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171781645950.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171781645950.jpg.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171781645950.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171781645950.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171781645950.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171781645950.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171781645950.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A stylized American Black Lives Matter flag flies during a Juneteenth rally, Friday, June 19, 2020, in Boston. Juneteenth commemorates when the last enslaved African Americans learned in 1865 they were free, more than two years following the Emancipation Proclamation. (AP Photo\/Michael Dwyer)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3500\" height=\"2333\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3014\" data-id=\"3014\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21170663571613.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21170663571613.jpg.jpg 3500w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21170663571613.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21170663571613.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21170663571613.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21170663571613.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21170663571613.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3500px) 100vw, 3500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">People attend a free outdoor event organized by The Broadway League during Juneteenth celebrations at Times Square on Saturday, June 19, 2021, in New York.  Parades, picnics and lessons in history marked Juneteenth celebrations in the U.S., a day that marks the arrival of news to enslaved Black people in a Texas town that the Confederacy had surrendered in 1865 and they were free. (AP Photo\/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5323\" height=\"3548\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3022\" data-id=\"3022\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171717980740.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171717980740.jpg.jpg 5323w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171717980740.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171717980740.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171717980740.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171717980740.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171717980740.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5323px) 100vw, 5323px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Kayla Reed uses a bullhorn as she leads a march to mark Juneteenth, Friday, June 19, 2020, in St. Louis. Juneteenth is a celebration of the day in 1865 when enslaved black people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. (AP Photo\/Jeff Roberson)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3419\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3030\" data-id=\"3030\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21170734191059.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21170734191059.jpg.jpg 5472w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21170734191059.jpg.jpg?resize=300,187 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21170734191059.jpg.jpg?resize=768,480 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21170734191059.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,640 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21170734191059.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,960 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21170734191059.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1280 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5472px) 100vw, 5472px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Dawon Baker carries a sign to round up marchers from the University of Colorado to take part in a parade to mark Juneteenth on Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Denver. Several events were being staged around the Mile High City as well as nationwide to commemorate June 19, 1865, when African-Americans in Texas learned of their freedom, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3823\" height=\"2548\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3042\" data-id=\"3042\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20172186450613.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20172186450613.jpg.jpg 3823w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20172186450613.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20172186450613.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20172186450613.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20172186450613.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20172186450613.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3823px) 100vw, 3823px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The California Capitol dome is lit in the pan-African colors of red, black and green in honor of Juneteenth, in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, June 19, 2020. Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take control of the state and ensure all enslaved people be freed, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. (AP Photo\/Rich Pedroncelli)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3858\" height=\"2572\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3050\" data-id=\"3050\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20172149039523.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20172149039523.jpg.jpg 3858w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20172149039523.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20172149039523.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20172149039523.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20172149039523.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20172149039523.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3858px) 100vw, 3858px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Fireworks explode during Juneteenth celebrations above the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday, June 19, 2020. (AP Photo\/John Minchillo)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4815\" height=\"3210\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3057\" data-id=\"3057\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171758988605.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171758988605.jpg.jpg 4815w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171758988605.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171758988605.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171758988605.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171758988605.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171758988605.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4815px) 100vw, 4815px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">People march to 16th Street Northwest renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House in Washington, Friday, June 19, 2020, on Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed from bondage, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4200\" height=\"2800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3066\" data-id=\"3066\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171550234184.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171550234184.jpg.jpg 4200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171550234184.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171550234184.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171550234184.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171550234184.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20171550234184.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4200px) 100vw, 4200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Several local artists painted Black Live Matter mural on the street during a Juneteenth 2020 celebration outside the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum Friday, June 19, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to take control of the state and ensure all enslaved people be freed. (AP Photo\/Chris O&#8217;Meara)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3081\" data-id=\"3081\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22170022361436.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22170022361436.jpg.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22170022361436.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22170022361436.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22170022361436.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22170022361436.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22170022361436.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Julien James carries his son, Maison, 4, holding a Pan-African flag to celebrate during a Juneteenth commemoration at Leimert Park in Los Angeles Saturday, June 18, 2022. (AP Photo\/Damian Dovarganes)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3816\" height=\"2544\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3086\" data-id=\"3086\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21169860289659.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21169860289659.jpg.jpg 3816w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21169860289659.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21169860289659.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21169860289659.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21169860289659.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21169860289659.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3816px) 100vw, 3816px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Boston&#8217;s acting Mayor Kim Janey, right, takes a selfie with attendees as she meets people in Boston&#8217;s Nubian Square for a Juneteenth commemoration, Friday, June 18, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo\/Elise Amendola)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3093\" data-id=\"3093\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21182777831897.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21182777831897.jpg.jpg 6000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21182777831897.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21182777831897.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21182777831897.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21182777831897.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21182777831897.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 6000px) 100vw, 6000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Opal Lee talks as she opens the front door of her home Thursday, July 1, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas. Opal Lee&#8217;s dream of seeing Juneteenth become a federal holiday was finally realized over the summer, but the energetic woman who spent years rallying people to join her push for the day commemorating the end of slavery is hardly letting up on a lifetime of work teaching and helping others.(AP Photo\/LM Otero)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5053\" height=\"3369\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3097\" data-id=\"3097\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20169614745551.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20169614745551.jpg.jpg 5053w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20169614745551.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20169614745551.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20169614745551.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20169614745551.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20169614745551.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5053px) 100vw, 5053px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The Juneteenth flag, commemorating the day that slavery ended in the U.S., flies in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, June 17, 2020. (AP Photo\/Nati Harnik)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5394\" height=\"3835\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3108\" data-id=\"3108\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21168516289802.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21168516289802.jpg.jpg 5394w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21168516289802.jpg.jpg?resize=300,213 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21168516289802.jpg.jpg?resize=768,546 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21168516289802.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,728 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21168516289802.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1092 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21168516289802.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1456 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5394px) 100vw, 5394px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">From left, Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, and Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., and members of the Congressional Black Caucus celebrate the passage of the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act that creates a new federal holiday to commemorate June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people after the Civil War, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 17, 2021. It&#8217;s the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was created in 1983. (AP Photo\/J. 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