Short for “June Nineteenth,” the holiday marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to take control of the ...

A red, green and black flag or red, white, and blue? Juneteenth is celebrated on June 19 and commemorates the date in which Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger told community members in Galveston ...

white and blue represents the American flag, a reminder that slaves and their descendants were and are Americans. June 19, 1865, represents the day that enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas ...

A family member I visited recently explained that she believes the star on the Texas flag came into being from the branding-iron symbol of one of the early families that ranched in the San ...