Juneteenth - A National Holiday?

[Old Man Jingles]

Juneteenth (also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day) is an unofficial holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States. Originating in Texas, it is now celebrated annually on the 19th of June throughout the United States, with varying official recognition. Specifically, it commemorates Union army general Gordon Granger announcing federal orders in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, proclaiming that all slaves in Texas were free.

On June 18, Union Army General Gordon Granger arrived at Galveston Island with 2,000 federal troops to occupy Texas on behalf of the federal government. The following day, standing on the balcony of Galveston's Ashton Villa, Granger read aloud the contents of "General Order No. 3", announcing the total emancipation of those held as slaves:

The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere.

By the 21st century, Juneteenth was celebrated in most major cities across the United States. Activists are campaigning for the United States Congress to recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday. Hawaii, North Dakota and South Dakota are the only states that do not recognize Juneteenth, according to the Congressional Research Service. Of the 47 states that do acknowledge Juneteenth in one way or another, Texas, Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania are the only ones recognizing it as an official paid holiday for state employees.

The holiday is considered the "longest running African-American holiday" and has been called "America's second Independence Day".

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

I'm now black and I want the paid day off. I will also celebrate black history month.

 

[oldngray]

State employees need more paid days off.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

State employees need more paid days off.

So does the post office

 

[sailfish]

I needed another pretend holiday for more of my ing tax dollars to be spent paying people to do nothing.

 

[Poop Head]

Can we make up a white holiday??

 

[BigUnionGuy]

 

[vantexan]

Can we make up a white holiday??

Every day is a white holiday. Check your privilege.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

Can we make up a white holiday??

It's what we call the Fourth of July ... except it's just for White Men, not Women!

 

[cachmeifucan]

I'm white and I'm all for it being a holiday. Trump 2020.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

Maybe we can also include another day for the emancipation of Women!

I'll let Women make the decision on what the date should be.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Maybe we can also include another day for the emancipation of Women!

I'll let Women make the decision on what the date should be.

Death?

 

[Turdferguson]

Can we make up a white holiday??

Like Columbus Day?

 

[Turdferguson]

Maybe we can also include another day for the emancipation of Women!

I'll let Women make the decision on what the date should be.

That is so magnanimous of you.
Next you'll allow them to decide what to wear also..

 

[bbsam]

We worked Memorial Day. WTF difference does it make?

 

[Old Man Jingles]

Like Columbus Day?

Nah, he was a dirty little or worse, a Wop! jk

 

[Old Man Jingles]

That is so magnanimous of you.
Next you'll allow them to decide what to wear also..

Nope! That's where you one-tooth Kentuckians add your contributions!

 

[Turdferguson]

Nope! That's where you one-tooth Kentuckians add your contributions!

In all seriousness I dont understand the butt hurt feelings some have with it being a national holiday. In what way does it harm them? It could be an extra free day off from work. Its like the way people reacted to Martin Luther King day being a holiday

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

In all seriousness I dont understand the butt hurt feelings some have with it being a national holiday. In what way does it harm them? It could be an extra free day off from work. Its like the way people reacted to Martin Luther King day being a holiday

lots of people was not happy with Martin Luther King being a holiday because they lost Good Friday as a holiday

 

[Old Man Jingles]

In all seriousness I don't understand the butt hurt feelings some have with it being a national holiday. In what way does it harm them? It could be an extra free day off from work. Its like the way people reacted to Martin Luther King day being a holiday

Hey Man!
I'm all for it!
I kick myself for missing it the last 65 years!

Ignorance is not always bliss!