Posted on 06/16/2021 12:26:35 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) has announced that the House will vote on making Juneteenth a federal holiday on Wednesday.
The bill passed by unanimous consent in the Senate on Tuesday night, and it seems likely to pass the House, which would send the legislation creating the federal holiday to President Biden's desk.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
I guess my humor was not clear—having a holiday where Evil Whitey has to slave away and the Royal Black folk get it off...
Of course no matter how much I ridicule the left, eventually they prove they are wackier than even I thought they would be...
More pandering to the black community
Will someone please explain to me how you come up with a name like juneteenth? Maybe it was the same person that invented kwansaa and all of those names like Shaquanda or Quinquanda.
“We can’t bring back President Lincoln’s Birthday as a federal holiday...”
I confess I do not know when slavery officially ended in the U.S. I know the 13th Amendment did end it, but I don’t know whether or not if all Union slave states, MO, KY, DE, MD, WVA had freed their slaves prior to the 13th’s taking effect.
Logically it would make more sense to celebrate when slavery actually ended rather than when some Texas slaves learned about it, but logic is not really part of the process, is it.
You’re correct on Lincoln’s birthday not being a nation holiday, that was President Washington’s birthday that was. I grew up in Indiana where we had Lincoln’s birthday as a school holiday, since he spent his youth here in Indiana. I think Illinois, back then in the 50s and 60s also had Lincoln’s birthday as a state holiday.
Ok. How many readers does Time have?
4? 8?
another federal holiday??
Congress Passes Law To Recognize Juneteenth, The Day Republicans Freed All The Democrats’ Slaves!
6/16/2021, 12:26:25 PM ·
Posted by BipolarBob ·
Babylon Bee ^ | 6/16/2021 | Babylon Bee
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South Carolina: January 1, 1866
Alabama: January 1, 1866
Missouri: January 14, 1865
Louisiana: January 17, 1865
Mississippi: May 8, 1865
Georgia: May 29, 1865
Florida: May 20, 1865
North Carolina: January 1, 1865
Texas June 19, 1865
Kentucky: August 8, 1865
Except it’s not a real holiday. January 1, 1863 is the real holiday and is the day freed blacks originally celebrated in much of the South.
Popularly elected pubbies over folded on Motor Voter too. We can thank them in no small part for the 2020 mess. But hey, I'm sure their support for motor voter helped them get reelected.
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