Memorial Day

 

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Today is Juneteenth
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"Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the U.S. every June 19."

Today is Juneteenth
....
"Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the U.S. every June 19."

I heard a different story.

The holiday's name, first used in the 1890s, is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth,
referring to June 19, 1865, the day when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the
final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American
Civil War.

During the Civil War period, slavery came to an end in various areas of the United States
at different times. Many enslaved Southerners escaped, demanded wages, stopped work,
or took up arms against the Confederacy of slave states. In January 1865, Congress
proposed the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution for the national
abolition of slavery. By June 1865, almost all of the enslaved population had been freed by
the victorious Union Army or by state abolition laws. When the national abolition amendment
was ratified in December, the remaining enslaved people in Delaware and Kentucky were
freed.

On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln announced that the Emancipation Proclamation
would go into effect on January 1, 1863, promising freedom to enslaved people in all of the rebellious
parts of Southern states of the Confederacy including Texas. Enforcement of the Proclamation
generally relied upon the advance of Union troops. Texas, as the most remote state of
the former Confederacy, had seen an expansion of slavery because the presence of Union troops
was low as the American Civil War ended; thus, the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation
had been slow and inconsistent there prior to Granger's order.[9] In all June 19, 1865, was 900 days
after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect, 71 days after Robert E. Lee surrendered to the
Union on April 9, 1865, and 24 days after the disbanding of the Confederate military department
covering Texas on May 26, 1865.

So, in reality, the holiday should have been on January 1st -- the day the Emancipation Proclamation
became effective.  But, we already have a major holiday on that day.

The enforcement of the Proclamation in Texas was 900 days after the Proclamation became the law
of the land.

The scuttle-butt is they picked an obscure date in June that's really more of a state holiday than anything in order to overshadow July 4th -- the original Independence Day.    The federal holiday was signed into law by none other than Joe "Dog-Faced Pony Soldier" Biden.  I'm sure he did it while knowing all the history surrounding the date.

Father's day!!

Father's day!!

and

International Yoga Day
National Smoothie Day
National Seashell Day
National Cookie Dough Day
National Daylight Appreciation Day
National Arizona Day
Go Skateboarding Day
National Day of the Gong
World Giraffe Day
National Turkey Lovers Day

    So, take a Dad to the beach at sunrise this morning to look for seashells and watch ladies doing yoga, stop and have a cookie dough smoothie on the way to skateboarding where he can whack a gong. Then take your giraffe for a walk to get a turkey sandwich before going home and watching the Father’s Day film Arizona.

The 4th of July
Celebrated by having a beer and discussing world events with the dawg. Then I loaded up some 45 ammo to make noises like firecrackers. (At the range)