Juneteenth

The 29th Annual Juneteenth Ohio Festival begins Friday at Genoa Park and runs through Saturday night.

A Juneteenth ceremony was held at the Ohio Statehouse Thursday, June 18, 2026.

Juneteenth is on Friday. A number of events have been scheduled in Columbus and other communities.

The event was free and people of all ages were there to celebrate Juneteenth, the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S.

Sen. Hearcel Craig (D-Columbus) announced Monday that the Juneteenth flag will officially be flown outside the Ohio Statehouse on Juneteenth this year.

Brown-Harris Cemetery was lost for years before a headstone was found in 2004. Even then, the cemetery was untouched until the city of Dublin surveyed the land in 2020.

To commemorate Juneteenth, the King Arts Complex on the Near East Side held a festival that celebrated Black artists and culture.

Opal Lee, the activist known as the grandmother of Juneteenth, worked hard to see it become a federal holiday. NPR's Michel Martin reflects on why it's a holiday for all Americans.

The actual Juneteenth holiday will be celebrated on June 19, but some Ohio lawmakers will be remembering it all month.

The Cincinnati Opera will present an Afrofuturist-themed production next year that commemorates the Juneteenth holiday.