I’m sure you really understand the difference and are just messin’ with us, right?
What happened in Pennsylvania didn’t stay in Pennsylvania. It affected everyone in every colony.
What happened on the original Juneteenth in Galveston was specific to Texas slaves, not folks in other states. It has been a rather odd but interesting Texas black holiday ever since. Why other states would adopt it, other than ill-conceived efforts to be “diverse,” is beyond me.
It’s a little bit like your family celebrating your neighbor’s birthday with a party, while he’s having his own party at his own house. Kind of like you’re jealous and want to be included, but didn’t get invited.
I am not as certain as you that the difference you see is as real as you think.
From my perspective, if US Blacks want to have a holiday to celebrate the end of slavery, they should have it. It doesn't seem like a lot to ask to stretch the actual events a little and allow the whole country to celebrate. At least it isn't a phony "traditional" holiday made up out of whole cloth by a criminal, like Kwaanza, or however it is spelled this week.
Juneteenth is at least based on a real historical event of some significance. Maybe they were celebrating the events in Galveston.
Lets ask this. Do you do anything special for Mother's Day? You realize that "special day" was made up out of whole cloth by Hallmark in order to sell greeting cards.
A little historical revision seems a little harmless in light of he much greater frauds perpetrated on a willing American public.
How about the American History you learned in school? You might still think that the Americans won the Revolutionary War. The truth is that the French did all of the heavy lifting, and then forced the British to surrender to the Americans as a way of embarrassing them.
Lets concentrate on changing the negative behavior patterns associated with shooting people on a holiday, or any other day for that matter, instead of questioning the legitimacy of the holiday.