Juneteenth

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

A celebration of the end of slavery, starting in Texas, and then moving nationwide

http://www.elecvillage.com/juneteen.htm>Juneteenth History

June looks like a good month for festivities...

[Insider]

1. kick for freedom

"pass it on"

thanks for posting

:kick:

[olddem43]

2. A good American holiday and

should be celebrated more. Helps bring us together.

[daligirrl]

3. I'm glad to see this post. ..

Juneteenth is a holiday of sorts in my family. We have always made it a priority to trace the roots of my family (on my mother's side) and we have verified our geneology back to about 1750 thus far. We even have early photographs of some relatives who made it into freedom. I have a great photograph of my great-great-great aunt Mary Brown who was 18 years of age at Emancipation. She had her hand cut off for trying to run away multiple times. I had a copy in my locker while I was an undergrad to remind me that, no matter how bad my day was going, she had worse ones.

[Shakespeare]

4. STARTING in Texas? Not quite....

Juneteenth marks Texas' ending slavery TWO YEARS after Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. It was one of, if not the very, last place slavery fell.

Absolutely worthy of celebration, though.