On Aug. 21, 1789, just a month after the storming of the Bastille that launched the French Revolution, France’s new governing ...

Among the proclamations of the first French republic was an end to slavery in its island possessions—a forerunner of wider ...

June 19, 2025, marks the fifth consecutive year that Juneteenth is a federally recognized United States holiday. Also known as Freedom Day, Emancipation Day or America's second Independence Day, ...

Community members gathered Friday night at Fort King National Historic Landmark in Ocala to reflect on Florida’s Emancipation ...

Tallahassee's Emancipation Week began Saturday with a Walk Through Living History event in the city's historic South Side ...

Tallahassee marked Florida Emancipation Day with an Old City Cemetery gun salute and a reading of the Emancipation ...

The city holiday recognizes May 20, 1865, when the Emancipation Proclamation was read on the steps of the Knott House by ...

Every year, marching bands bustle up Pennsylvania Avenue to Freedom Plaza just around the corner from the White House, where a day of celebration is capped by a concert and the colorful burst of ...