Junteenth to replace Columbus day?

[marybourg]

Amazingly, 2 publican Senators have introduced an amendment to replace Columbus Day with Juneteenth!





https://www.lankford.senate.gov/news/press-releases/lankford-johnson-introduce-amendment-to-replace-columbus-day-with-juneteenth-as-new-federal-holiday

[JDC]

1. My company gave us Juneteenth off this year.

We have a large BLM collaboration community also. Constant equality messaging from the top down.

Publicly traded tech company.


On Edit: Juneteenth will be a paid company holiday moving forward also.

[MLAA]

5. Hurray! That is wonderful.

I spent 30 years with a global 50 tech company. Sexual harassment was dealt with swiftly and severely, LGBTQ proactively supported since way back and racism or misogyny in any form also dealt with severely. Over the years the company shifted to be all about stockholder value, but did always maintain these equality and respect for all programs.

[fishwax]

2. no need to replace -- add Juneteenth and keep

Indigenous People's Day

[In It to Win It]

3. What about Indigenous Peoples' Day? Did that go away?

[RockRaven]

4. I'd be on board for consolidating Veterans and Memorial Days, and adding Juneteenth

if the premise is that the number of official holidays must be treated as zero sum.

I'd also swap the official federal recognition from Columbus to Indigenous Peoples.

[Retrograde]

6. I'd change the name of Columbus day to Encounter Day

We need more federal holidays anyway - there's nothing between President's day and memorial day.

[raging moderate]

7. And we need something for Italian Americans!

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How about Anthony Fauci Day?
or Amerigo Vespucci Day?
or Enrico Fermi Day?

[Polybius]

13. March or April definitely need something

June or August too.

[bobbieinok]

8. Interesting Lankford, jr senator from OK, is one of two

[Fiendish Thingy]

9. Columbus Day should rightfully be replaced with Indigenous People's Day

Don’t know what other federal holiday could be replaced...

New Year’s
MLK day
President’s Day
Memorial Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving
Christmas

Have I missed any?

I think we could stand to add one more for Juneteenth

[Polybius]

12. There are a few more federal holidays

You missed my favorite and it’s coming Saturday, Independence Day. Also Veteran’s Day.

[egduj]

10. I wish they'd find something in early April.

It's a long haul from President's day to Memorial Day.

[JenniferJuniper]

11. The NY based company I work for gave us the day off this year

A sudden, unexpected day off. Some thought it was a bit disingenuous, but we'll see what happens next year.

[Captain Zero]

14. Every day a holiday soon with Trump sending the economy into total collapse

Just call every squalid day a Trump Day.