Juneteenth show will explore what it’s like growing up Black in Maine

The sold-out symposium on Monday will focus on the experiences of multigenerational Black Mainers in the whitest state in the country.

Photos: Juneteenth in the Kennedy Park

Maine Inside Out holds observance in Lewiston

A slice of history: East Livermore’s Independence Day abolition rally

Historians say the impact of East Livermore's anti-slavery rally of 1854 spread across Maine with an unprecedented number of attendees.

Photo: Juneteenth

Maine prepares for first Juneteenth as a state holiday

Municipal offices around the state of Maine will close Monday in observance of Juneteenth, a holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the US.

Juneteenth becomes paid holiday in Lewiston schools

Juneteenth, which is celebrated on June 19, commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S.

Livermore adopts ‘Juneteenth’ as paid holiday

The approval follows the addition of June 19th, the symbolic end of slavery, as a state holiday.

Lewiston adds Juneteenth as legal holiday for city government

The holiday, which celebrates the end of slavery by marking the day enslaved people in Texas learned they were free, was made a federal holiday earlier this year.

Juneteenth now a holiday, but few Maine events planned

Juneteenth, which was recently made a federal and state holiday honoring the end of slavery, will see few official events this year.

Maine to recognize ‘Juneteenth’ as state holiday

Governor Janet Mills signed a bill into law establishing June 19 as a state holiday to mark the end of slavery.