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Old 06-21-2022, 05:02 AM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby View Post
Yes, it is the replacement for Independence day in some mindless people.

For everyone else, it's the celebration of the day officials from the east coast of the country went to Texas and informed everyone that the people living there hadn't been slaves for the past year and a half - because Texas chose not to inform them of it themselves.
Do we really need a national holiday now, 155 years later over this?