Cape Girardeau’s Juneteenth celebration is planned for June 21 at Ivers Square. The celebration will start at 11 a.m. and end ...

For many years, the list of federally designated holidays included Memorial Day in May, followed by Independence Day in July.

In her 90s, Opal Lee walked to Washington to demand that June 19, the day that marks the end of slavery, become a national holiday – for all to remember what freedom really means.