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To: phatoldphart

What's Juneteenth?


57 posted on 10/14/2005 4:40:50 PM PDT by agrace (Where were you when I founded the earth? Tell me if you know so much. Job 38:4)
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To: agrace

Juneteenth is Martin Luther King Day. Frankly, nothin' much happens that day but it's a paid government holiday and an excuse to eat fried chicken and watermelon.


64 posted on 10/14/2005 4:44:23 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn (Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
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To: agrace
Juneteenth is a holiday in Texas that celebrates the day Texas slaves found out they had been emancipated. Its celebrated on June 19th. Its beginning to spread to other states, IIRC
68 posted on 10/14/2005 4:46:06 PM PDT by Ranald S. MacKenzie (Its the philosophy, stupid.)
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To: agrace

http://www.juneteenth.com/history.htm


135 posted on 10/14/2005 5:33:44 PM PDT by kalee
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