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Parades, fireworks, and sensory-friendly events are just some of the ways North Texans marked the patriotic holiday.
In our latest “Where I Live” essay, Stephanie Boardingham writes about how her 4-square mile city offers suburban living close to Fort Worth.
Fourth of July celebrations lit up throughout the weekend with parades, fireworks, food and music in Fort Worth and Arlington ...
Fort Worth-based artist Tatyana Alanis’ latest collaboration is deeply personal. Alanis, who moved to Texas in 2009, is known ...
People across North Texas are celebrating Independence Day with a variety of parades, festivals, and fireworks displays ...
The Buffalo Soldiers shirt, worn during a Juneteenth performance on the “Cowboy Carter” tour, has also fueled discussions over how Americans remember their history.
Opal Lee, a civil rights leader known as the “grandmother of Juneteenth,” saw her childhood home burned down in 1939. Habitat for Humanity in Fort Worth, Texas, built a new home for her on the site in ...
The holiday to mark the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued on June 19, 1865, as Union troops arrived in Galveston at the end of the Civil War. General Order No. 3 declared that ...
Juneteenth is celebrated across the United States each year on June 19, thought it hasn’t always received the recognition it deserves. The holiday commemorates the day in 1865 when Union soldiers ...
Fort Worth clears way for National Juneteenth Museum construction A long-awaited symbol of freedom and progress is one step closer to taking shape in Fort Worth's historic Southside.
While Opal Lee was sorely missed at her annual Juneteenth walk, her spirit was felt in the hundreds of people that participated in the annual Fort Worth event. Lee watched the walk from home on ...