Free Entrance Days in the National Parks - Juneteenth

• When: Thursday, June 19, 2025 - All Day Event
• Location: San Antonio, Texas
• Cost: Free Admission

The National Park Service invites all visitors to commemorate Juneteenth National Independence Day by visiting a national park. Entrance fees will not be charged on June 19.

Juneteenth (June 19) is the one of the oldest known commemorations related to the abolition of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth National Independence Day was signed into law as a national holiday on June 17, 2021. The word “Juneteenth” is a Black English contraction, or portmanteau, of the month “June” and the date “Nineteenth.” 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.

• Website: www.nps.gov
• Category: Family Fun, Ongoing Programs, Free

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