The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries. In 2021, President Joe Biden designated it a federal holiday — expanding its recognition beyond Black America.

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed. The resulting Juneteenth holiday has only grown in the one and a half centuries since then.

Abraham Lincoln was an American hero — but a flawed one. As we approach Juneteenth, let's also acknowledge some ugly truths that reflect the times in which

Juneteenth Tasting Event, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Findlay Market, 1801 Race St., Over-the-Rhine. Celebrate the cuisine of the market’s Black-owned businesses. $40 for 18 samples, $20 for 8 samples. Findlaymarket.org.

Juneteenth celebrates the end of the slavery in the United States. But when was the holiday created, and how did it get its name?

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum's special events for Juneteenth will include the display of a signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Springfield, Illinois is hosting a variety of Juneteenth events from June 12-19, including a pageant, panel discussions, and a parade. Several events are free and open to the public, including admission to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum on June 19.

The event at the college’s Hermann Fine Arts Center featured food, Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass reenactment speakers, and a traditional West African drumming performance.

In Denver, for example, more than a dozen companies backed out of supporting the Juneteenth Music Festival, which is one of the city’s biggest celebrations of the holiday, according to Norman Harris, executive director of JMF Corporation, which puts on the event.