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The founder of Galveston's popular Steampunk Festival in April is expanding his love of fantasy themes with a new pirate-centered three-day event in September.

GALVESTON, Texas — Former President Joe Biden stressed the importance of voting at the Juneteenth celebration on Galveston Island Thursday. Biden was among the dignitaries who attended the ...

GALVESTON, Texas -- Former President Joe Biden delivered a message of unity Thursday night during a Juneteenth celebration at a historic African Methodist Episcopal Church in Galveston, Texas.

While the events of June 18, 1865, have long been celebrated in Galveston, it was not until June 2021 that then-President Joe Biden officially made Juneteenth a federally recognized holiday.

The Symphony Orchestra and the Heritage Chorale showcased songs of sorrow to mark Juneteenth, as a way to preserve and recognize the history and culture of African Americans.

SALDANA: Melissa Dightman is a Galveston native and a conductor of the Heritage Chorale. And I asked her why she spends her time performing songs that some consider to be so bleak. DIGHTMAN: It's to ...

CW39's Kara Willis introduces the history behind the Juneteenth holiday and how Galveston became the birthplace of where it was born after slaves were free.

One hundred and sixty years after word reached Galveston, Texas, that enslaved African Americans were now free, the city is honouring Juneteenth all year round. On 19 June 1865, a Union general ...