WORCESTER ― Thursday, June 19, 2025, will mark the first time in four years that the annual raising of the Juneteenth flag ...

Worcester's Black Heritage Committee has organized all five Juneteenth events in Worcester since the first flag raising in ...

The fifth annual raising of the Juneteenth flag will begin at 10 a.m., followed by a short reception. This will be the first ...

With flags, ceremonies, parades and pomp, celebrations across the United States marked the day the promise of freedom finally ...

Juneteenth honors the date when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, in 1865, with 2,000 Union troops to ...

WORCESTER ― Thursday, June 19, 2025, will mark the first time in four years that the annual raising of the Juneteenth flag will not take place at Worcester City Hall. The holiday commemorates ...

2025 Juneteenth Flag Raising Ceremony and Reception: Thursday, June 19, 10 a.m., YWCA Central Massachusetts, 1 Salem Square, Worcester The fifth annual raising of the Juneteenth flag will begin at ...

the YWCA hosted Juneteenth celebrations with a flag raising ceremony and a vow to keep tradition and the history alive, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported.

The last four annual Juneteenth flag raisings happened outside City Hall, but the city's new flag-raising policy limits "cultural flags" to one day. Worcester's Black Heritage Committee has ...