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Senate unanimously passes a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday
Cnn ^

Posted on 06/15/2021 3:14:17 PM PDT by janetjanet998

CNN) The Senate unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a US holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.

The legislation has gained momentum since the massive Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the police killing of George Floyd last year and the Democrats' takeover of the White House and Congress.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 18620619; abolition; emancipation; juneteenth
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To: rfp1234

well there was a navy ship named after him so ...who knows?


41 posted on 06/15/2021 3:34:23 PM PDT by LibertyWoman ("Where there is no law, there is no liberty." Benjamin Rush)
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To: EvilCapitalist

Or Emancipation Day


42 posted on 06/15/2021 3:40:36 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: a fool in paradise
Tell them we also want a day to recognize the victims of Communism.

I want a day recognizing all the White Soldiers who fought and died freeing the slaves. (For all the damn' good that did our country ... just look at how they act and behave now.)

43 posted on 06/15/2021 3:40:37 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: RouxStir

It’s on a Saturday this year so of course companies make ot a 3 day weekend


44 posted on 06/15/2021 3:41:24 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: Steve_Seattle

“It glorifies imprecision and the sloppy use of language.”

You talkin bout Ebonics?


45 posted on 06/15/2021 3:42:20 PM PDT by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.d)
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To: escapefromboston

It’s been a thing a Texas since the 1800s.

Basically a picnic day


46 posted on 06/15/2021 3:42:44 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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Translation: “Freaknik” , the worst TNB, that lasts an entire month!

WHAT White Privilege?????!!!!!


47 posted on 06/15/2021 3:43:35 PM PDT by PhineasSpear (PhineasSpear)
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To: usconservative

Memorial Day


48 posted on 06/15/2021 3:44:22 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: janetjanet998

More racism from government.


49 posted on 06/15/2021 3:47:54 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: janetjanet998

Just what America needs, another federal holiday. More folks getting paid for not working.


50 posted on 06/15/2021 3:50:21 PM PDT by Tudorfly (All things are possible within the will of God.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Makes sense for Texas. Its a joke to make it a federal holiday.


51 posted on 06/15/2021 3:52:44 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Assange )
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To: janetjanet998

you would think, that a more intelligent name would have been thought up... But then I recall a billboard I see daily here commuting to work from Western Michigan University... Displays some goofy looking middle aged black dude with big letters “Be You Here”... It honestly took me a half dozen times passing it to finally understand what it meant.

Juneteenth to celebrate the end of Slavery... Yawn...


52 posted on 06/15/2021 3:56:45 PM PDT by sit-rep ( )
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To: janetjanet998

Last year, Gov. “Blackface” Northam signed a bill repealing the Virginia Commonwealth’s longstanding Lee-Jackson Day. It was replaced with the completely unnecessary Election Day holiday, another day off for shiftless Democrat voters.


53 posted on 06/15/2021 3:57:59 PM PDT by twister881
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To: escapefromboston

Tell Seattle to stop celebrating Mardi Gras as well.


54 posted on 06/15/2021 3:58:30 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: a fool in paradise
Memorial Day

Nope. If blacks get "Juneteenth" to celebrate their freedom from slavery riot to get more free stuff, then I want a holiday specifically to celebrate the white soldiers who freed them.

Fair's fair.

55 posted on 06/15/2021 3:59:52 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: a fool in paradise

Okay


56 posted on 06/15/2021 4:00:36 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Assange )
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To: Tudorfly
Just what America needs, another federal holiday. More folks getting paid for not working.

Hasn't that been the case for the most part since the start of the COVID lockdowns?

57 posted on 06/15/2021 4:06:30 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021)
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To: janetjanet998

Another day off for the folks in Government offices. That’s one fewer day they can screw us.

I would be happy if the only worked 10 days a year.


58 posted on 06/15/2021 4:07:08 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: janetjanet998

Republicans are retards. This gives the bad guys yet another excuse to “celebrate” annually how America is a fundamentally evil country that is permanently and forever stained by the original sin of slavery.


59 posted on 06/15/2021 4:13:01 PM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: meyer

Who do you think you are?

Without slaves, there would be no elite class.


60 posted on 06/15/2021 4:14:46 PM PDT by wita (Always and forever, under oath in defense of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.)
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