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 2:20 Man arrested 32 years after woman's murder 2:07 Retailers dropping generous return policies 3:50 2 full-time public jobs raise taxpayer concerns about double-dipping 2:09 Everett mayor awarded $1.1M in defamation lawsuit settlement 1:58 Changes coming to MBTA bus routes
