All it means is “NO MAiL”,

It means nothing. Another made up holiday to keep us distracted and clueless.

The commonly accepted number is more like 250,000. (but hey, what's two orders of magnitude when you have a point to make)

It means that Africa is still the largest slave country in the World. Slave trading started there and is still going on today

If you are African American it is a meaningful day. Not all Federal holidays are meaningful to all of Americans.

Excellent response!

Thank you for informing the uninformed. I wrote a briefer but similar message under the other Juneteenth question asking about food on that day.

It's just another date on the calendar

Tomorrow means more to me, first day of summer. How does the first day of summer affect me? It doesn't, but it means more to me than a holiday invented for an occasion in this country that happened a long time before I was born and one that had no effect on me. It's just a day that meant nothing to me before I first heard of it and still means very little more. I am sure that it is important to some, probably the WOKE folks. Since it does not change anything for me, it doesn't bother me either. Apparently, humans NEED to celebrate just about anything that comes to mind. Have fun. Tomorrow is the first day of summer.....whoopie!

Sorry, what was your point? :rant-rave:

Juneteenth
 

It does not apply to me, as I celebrate our country as a whole, not it's pieces. Happy for freedom for all. But when is the day we celebrate the original residents of this country -native Americans who suffered the most for the invaders who took their land with empty promises. When is that holiday?

Simply as stated, my point was that there were not 2,000 slaves freed in TX but more like 250,000.

If you want to read more into it then my point is that declaring the freedom of 250,000 humans over two years after they were supposed to have been freed means more than nothing to nobody.

Skarra, the best way to explain it without getting into trouble about what I say & nothing bad, Google, “What is a Juneteenth Holiday”, & it’ll tell you exactly what & who the holiday is for, then you can make your own assumption!

Second verse same as the first……..
 

Is anybody who follows TOTV really surprised at how this thread is going?

Speaking of slavery, it has been a year since Roe v. Wade was overturned………

Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale, published in 1985 as a work of fiction, is about a society where women are subjugated by patriarchal rule and have no reproductive rights……

If you have not, and never will read the book or watch the television version, at least take a look at the summary of the plotline…….then think about the past year’s headlines. Compare the two, do a little forward thinking, and see if your skin starts crawling in response to what we are seeing now as women’s rights are being shoved back more than 50 years.

Let’s face it, there is more behind the celebration of the demise of Roe than just the religious aspect. A big part of it has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with figuratively smacking women back into “knowing their place.” Not only will this affect the lives of poor women, it will also affect hiring practices and promotions for career women.

Yet, none dare call it slavery…….

Boomer

Or receive junk mail other than that just another day