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To: Homer_J_Simpson

I often wonder why today isn’t considered the real “Juneteenth”?


4 posted on 09/23/2022 5:28:52 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

I wonder why northern states celebrate Juneteenth at all, since slavery in the north and sympathetic areas in the south were specifically excluded from the anti-slavery proclamation.

Curious…


5 posted on 09/23/2022 5:57:23 AM PDT by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: Vermont Lt
I often wonder why today isn’t considered the real “Juneteenth”?

Or at least January 1.

6 posted on 09/23/2022 5:59:54 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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