[JudyinCanada]

I have never heard of Juneteenth until the president changed his Protest of Radical Left Dems event in Tulsa, aka, rally. Is this something new? I’m usually pretty aware of the important news items....oh. That must be it.

[C19fan]

I heard of it before. It seems to be a big deal in the Texas African-American community.

[OKSooner]

Sure, it's a thing here in NE Oklahoma and all over the south. Everybody knows about it, and it's not unusual for blacks to celebrate it.

Honestly, I think it ought to be a national holiday. Call it Emancipation Day, and make it By G-d on June Nineteenth for the historical significance, not "On the Monday preceding it" as has been done with other holidays.

[9YearLurker]

It’s been something long running in TX.

[MayflowerMadam]

“I have never heard of Juneteenth until the president changed his Protest of Radical Left Dems event”

I’ve heard the term in passing, but I thought it was a joke. Turns out I was right.

[Robert DeLong]

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, and Cel-Liberation Day, is an American holiday celebrated annually on June 19. It commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union general Gordon Granger read federal orders in Galveston, Texas, that all previously enslaved people in Texas were free.

So shouldn't it only be celebrated in Texas? 8>)

[deport]

A holiday celebrated on 19 June to commemorate the emancipation
of enslaved people in the US. The holiday was first celebrated in
Texas, where on that date in 1865, in the aftermath of the Civil War,
slaves were declared free under the terms of the 1862 Emancipation
Proclamation. It commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union general
Gordon Granger read federal orders in Galveston, Texas, that all
previously enslaved people in Texas were free.