Former President Joe Biden celebrated Juneteenth on Thursday at a historic Black church in Texas, calling for Americans to come together to push the country forward.

Washington — Former President Joe Biden criticized "ongoing efforts to erase history" during a Juneteenth Celebration Service at a historic African Methodist Episcopal Church in Galveston, Texas — and ...

Juneteenth honors June 19, 1865, when the last enslaved people in the Confederacy were freed in Texas. Learn about the ...

“You never know what you have until it’s gone and and a lot is being stripped away,” former Biden White House official Erica Loewe told theGrio. As millions of Americans celebrate Juneteenth, the ...

Juneteenth, which Biden designated as a federal holiday in 2021, commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. The holiday is celebrated on June 19, ...

Joe Biden stood by Juneteenth as a federal holiday, after Donald Trump said America has "too many" holidays on Juneteenth. "Too many non-working holidays in America," Trump wrote on Truth Social ...

Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021. The ceremony included songs of praise, prayer, dance, scripture reading, reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, and more.

Meanwhile, former President Joe Biden celebrated the federal holiday he signed into law at a celebration at a historic Black church in Galveston, Texas.

Juneteenth was designated a federal holiday by President Biden in 2021. Federal offices, banks, and the stock market will be closed, while most retailers will remain open.

Former President Joe Biden receives a plaque for signing the Juneteenth holiday into law during a Juneteenth event at the Reedy Chapel AME Church, Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Galveston, Texas.