Constantly calling attention to past wrongs will not help the nation move past them. Juneteenth is bogus because slavery did not officially end until December 6, 1865, with the passage of the 13th Amendment.
Let’s don’t let facts get in the way of the narrative.
My namesake from West Tennessee fought for the Union, owned slaves and didn’t have to free them until the passage of the 13th Amendment. His home in West Tennessee was under Union occupation when the “Emancipation Proclamation” was made and therefore he was exempt from Lincoln’s edict. Many people that fought for the Union or the Confederacy didn’t give a whim about slavery.
The observance of juneteenth is supposed to mark the date of June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Texas and announced that President Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
I know historians have debated whether the Emancipation Proclamation was really a legally binding executive order. As noted, it was just an academic discussion and a moot point with the passage of the 13th amendment.