Juneteenth is now a federal holiday !!!

[MrFedEx]

Veterans deserve a holiday first. Full stop.

They have one. It's called Veteran's Day. Full stop. Reload. Put on tactical gear. Double full stop. Check, check. Got your six, brother, Bravo Sierra.

 

[MrFedEx]

End all government holidays.

Sure. That will happen.

 

[BrownFlush]

I wouldn't even have an opinion on it if:

A) Any of them could tell me what it represents

B) Any of them could tell me what the actual date is. (didn't know "nine" was such a complicated syllable)

C) If any of them knew this existed before 2019.

A) Sins of the white man.

B) 6/19/1865

C) Supposedly we have been celebrating this for 150 years.

I been using it as the date of my own hit single.... "Kill..Kill...Kill..da white man..yeah..yeah..Kill Kill......Kill Kill da white man.

 

[oldngray]

Several People Killed, Dozens Injured as Juneteenth Celebrations in North Carolina, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio and Washington Turn Bloody | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila

Happy Juneteenth!

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[Just A UPS Guy]

A) Sins of the white man.

B) 6/19/1865

C) Supposedly we have been celebrating this for 150 years.

I been using it as the date of my own hit single.... "Kill..Kill...Kill..da white man..yeah..yeah..Kill Kill......Kill Kill da white man.

Okay, well...if any more can.

 

[BrownFlush]

Several People Killed, Dozens Injured as Juneteenth Celebrations in North Carolina, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio and Washington Turn Bloody | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila

Happy Juneteenth!

www.thegatewaypundit.com

Assuming black since nothing said about being white?

 

[Box Ox]

Assuming black since nothing said about being white?

If the people involved had been white you’d be seeing an orbiting plane overhead pulling a banner that says so in all caps right now.

 

[rod]

Several People Killed, Dozens Injured as Juneteenth Celebrations in North Carolina, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio and Washington Turn Bloody | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila

Happy Juneteenth!

www.thegatewaypundit.com

So the headline says several people were killed and the article says there was "one" fatality. What was it? If several were killed it could be white people. They are better shots.

 

[UnionStrong]

Assuming black since nothing said about being white?

I’d say that’s a safe bet.

 

[Box Ox]

So the headline says several people were killed and the article says there was "one" fatality. What was it?

Maybe the article is saying that only one of those killed was like a Mortal Kombat style fatality.

Actually just checked the article. One fatality in Willowbrook and several across the various locations discussed.

 

[PT 4 Life]

Why should Juneteenth be a national holiday?

Why do you care

 

[Commercial Inside Release]

Back in the late 80s I learned what Juneteenth was... I could\can understand why black Texans celebrate it. If it wasn't for the union army, they probably would have remained slaves for decades after emancipation.

Doesn't make sense to make it a national holiday, though.
They need to pick a day that represents emancipation, and use that. Juneteenth and the Texas government made a mockery of their freedom.

 

[PT 4 Life]

Back in the late 80s I learned what Juneteenth was... I could\can understand why black Texans celebrate it. If it wasn't for the union army, they probably would have remained slaves for decades after emancipation.

Doesn't make sense to make it a national holiday, though.
They need to pick a day that represents emancipation, and use that. Juneteenth and the Texas government made a mockery of their freedom.

It literally doesn’t matter just holiday. Not sure what the big fuss is? Hopefully we get a day off from work

 

[vantexan]

Back in the late 80s I learned what Juneteenth was... I could\can understand why black Texans celebrate it. If it wasn't for the union army, they probably would have remained slaves for decades after emancipation.

Doesn't make sense to make it a national holiday, though.
They need to pick a day that represents emancipation, and use that. Juneteenth and the Texas government made a mockery of their freedom.

Isn't June 19th the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation?

 

[UnionStrong]

Isn't June 19th the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation?

Nope. It’s the day in 1865 that union soldiers arrived in Galveston TX. And informed the negroes that they were free.

 

[Commercial Inside Release]

Isn't June 19th the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation?

Nope. It's complicated.
Celebrating Juneteenth kind of actually celebrates how Texas defied the emancipation, and kept slaves for an additional two years.

But... Suit yourselves.

 

[vantexan]

Nope

OK, looked it up. It was June 19th, 1865 in Texas when slaves were officially free under the terms of the Emancipation Proclamation.

 

[vantexan]

Nope. It's complicated.
Celebrating Juneteenth kind of actually celebrates how Texas defied the emancipation, and kept slaves for an additional two years.

But... Suit yourselves.

Someone mentioned this the other day but it's likely just a matter of time until there's an official gay holiday. Probably on the anniversary of the Stonewall riot. Or maybe Harvey Milk's birthday.

 

[UnionStrong]

Nope. It's complicated.
Celebrating Juneteenth kind of actually celebrates how Texas defied the emancipation, and kept slaves for an additional two years.

But... Suit yourselves.

The war ended in 1865. Texas did not keep slaves for 2 more years. All the southern states defied the emancipation proclamation, which was signed in 1863.

 

[UnionStrong]

OK, looked it up. It was June 19th, 1865 in Texas when slaves were officially free under the terms of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Yeah, when the war ended. The proclamation was signed on January 1 1863. The war had 2 more years left. No one freed anyone in the south.