Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Juneteenth

I was working and missed posting about Juneteenth. June 19th aka Juneteenth is one of the most important but largely forgotten dates of USA history. On June 19th 1865 General Granger landed on Galveston, Texas with the news the war had ended and all men were free. For the first time in US history we started, with many missteps, to live up to the Declaration of Independence.

In a just and sane world June 19th would rank alongside July 4th.

I hope you'll had a wonderful Juneteenth.

ken

3 comments:

  1. Never heard of Juneteenth, learn something everyday :-)

    Bob, American history challenged

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  2. Bob,

    You know Texas, always a few years behind everyone else :-). Anyway on Juneteenth the last of the slaves were freed by the US government.

    ken

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  3. Bob,

    You know Texas, always a few years behind everyone else :-). Anyway on Juneteenth the last of the slaves were freed by the US government.

    ken

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