Free Entrance to Grand Canyon National Park on June 19

Celebrate Juneteenth National Independence Day by exploring your local National Park or Monument. Juneteenth celebrates the date of June 19, 1865, when enslaved people of African descent located in Galveston, Texas, finally learned of their freedom from the slavery system in the United States. For more information visit https://www.nps.gov/subjects/npscelebrates/juneteenth.htm