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The Huntington Black History Month Banner Program Committee is proud to unveil the list of individuals who will be recognized with banners in downtown Huntington. The banners wil begin going up on 3rd and 4th avenues on Monday, Jan. 29, and will remain up at least through the end of March. Everyone is invited to... View Article
Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. This year’s Juneteenth... View Article
Experience the Juneteenth Festival at the A.D. Lewis Community Center from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 16. Juneteenth commemorates the day freedom was proclaimed to all slaves in the South by Union General Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas, more than two-and-a-half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation... View Article
