nytimes June 19, 2021 9:00pm How Americans are Celebrating Juneteenth: Photos Across the US #juneteenth #holidaysandspecialoccasions #slaveryhistorical #galvestontex #newyorkcity #washingtondc #bivinsjoy #adamsreginaldc1972 #news Scenes From Juneteenth: America’s Newest Holiday, 156 Years in the Making From Brooklyn to Galveston, there were scenes of joy and reflections on the meaning of the holiday. “We have to celebrate that we survived,” one man said.