Boston June 19, 2023 7:09 pm City of Boston celebrates Juneteenth with parade, other events The holiday marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned they had been freed, two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. US & World Videos 4:00 Forecast: Sweater weather on the way next week 1:26 Community holds standout in Stoughton to seek justice for Sandra Birchmore 1:57 72-year-old woman critically injured in Wayland hit-and-run crash 0:25 Man arrested in deadly stabbing of woman in New Bedford 0:24 Man arrested in sexual assault of middle school student in Brockton