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-   -   How is everyone celebrating Juneteenth? (https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/villages-florida-general-discussion-73/how-everyone-celebrating-juneteenth-342159/)

OhioBuckeye 06-20-2023 08:57 AM
Why! Does everyone know what Juneteenth is. Not knocking it but it’s really not that special.

OhioBuckeye 06-20-2023 08:59 AM
I think you better Google & find out what Juneteenth holiday is!

OhioBuckeye 06-20-2023 09:03 AM
I think you got the wrong food to celebrate Juneteenth!

Geodyssey 06-20-2023 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2227973)
Celebrations include picnics, rodeos, street fairs, cookouts, family reunions, park parties, historical reenactments, blues festivals, and Miss Juneteenth contests. Red food and drinks are traditional during the celebrations, including red velvet cake and strawberry soda, with red meant to represent resilience and joy.
LOL, no. It's a fake holiday.

And it's right next to Father's Day. Blax need to focus on Father's Day.

Geodyssey 06-20-2023 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Whitley (Post 2228166)
Historical reenactments? Sincere question, how would that go? My limited knowledge of Juneteenth is that three years after the Emancipation Proclamation, a group travelled to Texas and told the people that slavery was outlawed three years earlier. " Sorry for the delay, traffic and all."
The USA celebrates stupid 24/7.

It's who we are.

Byte1 06-20-2023 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Wondering (Post 2228109)
How about all the African Americans who died in the Civil War and all the wars since then and who built the White House!
I don't celebrate those illegal aliens that built my house in the Villages. And I don't celebrate the Mennonites that built my previous home. I was brought up believing and being taught that ALL Americans were just that.....AMERICANS.
Why not ask the alphabet deviants if they like sharing their WHOLE month with a day of Juneteenth celebration?

Windguy 06-20-2023 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by OhioBuckeye (Post 2228186)
Why! Does everyone know what Juneteenth is. Not knocking it but it’s really not that special.
Said the person who has never been an American slave or is a descendent of a slave...

Nellmack 06-20-2023 10:05 AM
Like many, I didn't know what Juneteenth meant just a few years ago and had to look it up. Now, when I really think about slavery and the thought of owning a human being and selling someone or separating a family it makes me sick.

Think about someone taking your family member to sell as a worker/slave. I'm sure you're thinking what I'm thinking, over my dead body.

All Americans should be proud that slavery is history and understand that Juneteenth is a celebration that America eliminated a barbaric practice.

Timeweaver1 06-20-2023 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2227967)
You should be proud but that is why we have Memorial and Veterans day.

In honor of June 19 did have a hot dog with mustard and sauerkraut and feel very good about that.
We also have Independence Day which is more apples to apples. Of course celebrating the day when Christians were forced to not keep other humans as slaves --- what a concept - what a country.


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