[ProtectOurFreedom]

This whole "Juneteenth" thing is utterly ridiculous and pure pandering to ignorant people.

The following candidate dates that should be celebrated as a holiday celebrating the freeing of the slaves:

1. Juneteenth. It only celebrates the fact that slaves in one state heard about the Emancipation Proclamation 2-1/2 years too late. That was a result of the powers in Texas not wanting to convey that news to the slaves in Texas. So we would actually be celebrating the fact that the people in power successfully hid the emancipation from the Texas slaves for 2-1/2 years. What sort of achievement is that?
2. President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863 said that all slaves in the states currently engaged in rebellion against the Union “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” The document applied only to enslaved people in the Confederacy, and not to those in the border states that remained loyal to the Union. It was the key document that led to the freeing of slaves in non-border slave states, but, more importantly, it led to the 14th Amendment.
3. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 guaranteed citizenship without regard to race, color, or previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude. The bill also guaranteed equal benefits and access to the law, a direct assault on the Black Codes passed by many post-war states. Democrat Andrew Johnson vetoed it on March 27, 1866. Three weeks later, Johnson's veto was overridden by the Republican Congress and the measure became law.
4. The Fourteenth Amendment. A concurrent resolution requesting the President to transmit the proposal to the executives of the several states was passed by both houses of Congress on June 18, 1866. It was ratified by the states and on July 28, 1868 Secretary Seward issued his official proclamation certifying the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment.
5. President Lincoln's Birthday. Out of the entire melange of dates above, the one that stands out above all the others is Lincoln's Birthday.

Perhaps we should have a national holiday celebrating the achievements of the Great Emancipator rather than a pandering state holiday passed in the heat of the inflamed passions of the moment that celebrates an almost insignificant non-event.

How about we have a national holiday to celebrate President Abraham Lincoln's birthday which led to the ending of slavery?

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Lincolns Birthday, the all time high water mark of the Dow Jones before the China Bat Virus hit ...... also the day I sold all my 401k Stocks when the market closed that day, Feb 12.

I love Lincoln.