said Mayor Sylvester Turner. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- It's a special year to celebrate Juneteenth for Texas, as it's now a federal holiday and Emancipation Park marks its 150th anniversary.

While other states had their own emancipation days based on when Union troops arrived (for example, D.C. celebrates April 16 and Florida celebrates May 20), Texas is the birthplace of Juneteenth.

SUBSCRIBER ONLY Juneteenth event marks 160 years since emancipation Carissa Gehrts showcases her crochet work at DeGarmo Park in Chico, California for the Juneteenth celebration on June 19, 2025.

Later that year, a group of Black organizers in Texas pooled together $1,000 for the purchase of 10 acres now known as Houston’s Emancipation Park, where Juneteenth celebrations are hosted to ...

While Juneteenth is among the oldest celebrations of emancipation, it is not the oldest. That distinction goes to Gallipolis, Ohio, which has celebrated the end of slavery there since Sept. 22, 1863.

Emancipation Days, held last weekend in Joplin, was a celebration of freedom and community, and a homecoming for many. It has been celebrated annually since at least 1914, on the weekend closest to ...

Juneteenth, now a federal holiday, marks the day in 1865 when the last enslaved Black Americans in Texas learned of their emancipation — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation ...

KPRC 2 encourages Houston residents to share their Juneteenth celebration photos and videos through Click2Pins for a chance to be featured both on-air and online.

Later that year, a group of Black organizers in Texas pooled together $1,000 for the purchase of 10 acres now known as Houston’s Emancipation Park, where Juneteenth celebrations are hosted to ...

Later that year, a group of Black organizers in Texas pooled together $1,000 for the purchase of 10 acres now known as Houston’s Emancipation Park, where Juneteenth celebrations are hosted to ...