RELATED: City of Philadelphia hosts Juneteenth flag raising ceremony Wednesday's event comes one day after the US Senate passed a resolution that establishes June 19 as a federal holiday.

For 13 years, Philadelphia's only accessible and intact stop on the Underground Railroad has celebrated Juneteenth with one of the largest street festivals in the city.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The woman known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth" was honored in Philadelphia on Sunday. Opal Lee, at the age of 90, launched a successful walking campaign to make ...

Former Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney violated the City Charter in 2021 when he signed an executive order to rename Columbus ...