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Originally Posted by sail33or
I am a lifelong Texan. We always had a BBQ on June 19th because all the Black Families did. We all got along and everybody enjoyed this day. It was very similar to Cinco De Mayo where we all had Mexican Food and had parties with Sombreros.
But I can tell you most Black Families did NOT know the significance of June 19th just like the Mexican Families could not tell you what happened on May 5th (Can you) It is NOT Mexican Independence Day.
And one more hugely IRONIC twist. I am going to say this as delicate as possible. No I will let you guess. Why do you think they say "JUNETEENTH" in the first place? We all joked about this along with our Black Co-Workers, etc. but now to say it out loud will bring the Politically Correct Police and anger the agenda driven folks.
It is the timing of the designation. Why now? We know why?
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I always understood Juneteenth represented the words June 19th. Which is the day the Union Army came to Texas to the last holdout of slavery after the Civil war and emancipated the blacks still being held as slaves there.
You can assume any meaning you want to - that is called freedom, but your assumptions don't make for facts.