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underpants

(182,603 posts) Thu Jun 19, 2014, 09:59 AM Jun 2014

Happy Juneteenth everyone

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Happy Juneteenth everyone (Original Post) underpants Jun 2014 OP

Happy Juneteenth to you as we'll gwheezie Jun 2014 #1

Thanks, Same to You n/t erpowers Jun 2014 #2

Celebrate! femmocrat Jun 2014 #3

Nice graphic! greatauntoftriplets Jun 2014 #4

Okay, happy Juneteenth to you also. Now would you tell me what this holiday represents? All I know jwirr Jun 2014 #5

Juneteenth gets celebrated down in Texas. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #6

Indeed, a happy & safe Juneteenth to all! =) nt AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #7

Happy Juneteenth, America! nt KitSileya Jun 2014 #8

This should be a national holiday. geardaddy Jun 2015 #9

Yes it should underpants Jun 2015 #10

gwheezie

(3,580 posts)

1. Happy Juneteenth to you as we'll

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 10:02 AM

Jun 2014

It's such a great celebration in Richmond

erpowers

(9,350 posts)

2. Thanks, Same to You n/t

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 11:25 AM

Jun 2014

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

3. Celebrate!

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 12:42 PM

Jun 2014

HAPPY

greatauntoftriplets

(175,729 posts)

4. Nice graphic!

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 12:44 PM

Jun 2014

Happy Juneteenth.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

5. Okay, happy Juneteenth to you also. Now would you tell me what this holiday represents? All I know

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 12:47 PM

Jun 2014

is that it is on my calendar.

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)

6. Juneteenth gets celebrated down in Texas.

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 12:53 PM

Jun 2014

http://www.juneteenth.com/history.htm

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation - which had become official January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation had little impact on the Texans due to the minimal number of Union troops to enforce the new Executive Order. However, with the surrender of General Lee in April of 1865, and the arrival of General Granger’s regiment, the forces were finally strong enough to influence and overcome the resistance.