Juneteenth flag raising and all-day celebration begins Friday morning

The Juneteenth truth about Trump

In December 2025, Trump axed today’s holiday — Juneteenth, the official celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation — from the free admission days at the more than 100 national parks across America. He also axed Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a free admission day. Instead, he substituted his own birthday, June 14, as a free admission day. There you have it: the venal combination of Trump’s white supremacy and his malignant narcissism. It’s much …

Juneteenth flag raising and all-day celebration begins Friday morning

Juneteenth is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday’s name was first used in the 1890’s and specifically refers to June 19, 1865, the day when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War. To celebrate locally, there will be two flag raising ceremonies on the federal holiday. The City of Twenty…