Not much to be happy about, really. It’s an observance of a thriving Black community wiped out by White Supremacists and racists, then the history whitewashed and swept under the rug. It’s a time of reflection, kinda like Memorial Day.
Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops’ arrival came a full two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth honors the end to slavery in the United States and is considered the longest-running African American holiday.
Confederate General Robert E. Lee had surrendered at Appomattox Court House two months earlier in Virginia, but slavery had remained relatively unaffected in Texas—until U.S. General Gordon Granger stood on Texas soil and read General Orders No. 3: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.”
In 1979, Texas became the first state to make Juneteenth an official holiday. Today, nearly all 50 states, either officially or unofficially, recognize Juneteenth as a holiday. Efforts to make it a national holiday have so far stalled in Congress.
The gentleman with the sign is correct – Juneteenth is June 19th and does celebrate the date in which “blacks” in Texas learned that they’d been emancipated in 1865.
The cartoon of the “white guy” carrying the sign and frowning is confusing, at best, and I fail to understand the point, assuming there is one.
Patjade almost 3 years ago
Not much to be happy about, really. It’s an observance of a thriving Black community wiped out by White Supremacists and racists, then the history whitewashed and swept under the rug. It’s a time of reflection, kinda like Memorial Day.
Radish the wordsmith almost 3 years ago
Just an unwoke republican.
briangj2 almost 3 years ago
Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops’ arrival came a full two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth honors the end to slavery in the United States and is considered the longest-running African American holiday.
Confederate General Robert E. Lee had surrendered at Appomattox Court House two months earlier in Virginia, but slavery had remained relatively unaffected in Texas—until U.S. General Gordon Granger stood on Texas soil and read General Orders No. 3: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.”
In 1979, Texas became the first state to make Juneteenth an official holiday. Today, nearly all 50 states, either officially or unofficially, recognize Juneteenth as a holiday. Efforts to make it a national holiday have so far stalled in Congress.
https://www.history.com/news/what-is-juneteenth
wellis1947 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
The gentleman with the sign is correct – Juneteenth is June 19th and does celebrate the date in which “blacks” in Texas learned that they’d been emancipated in 1865.
The cartoon of the “white guy” carrying the sign and frowning is confusing, at best, and I fail to understand the point, assuming there is one.
FrankErnesto almost 3 years ago
Love the cargo shorts. Nice touch.
FrankErnesto almost 3 years ago
And the socks with sandals, and the red cap.