[al_c]

But that is not to stop the rest of us from welcoming them to assimilate, by turning their holidays into reasons to party.

LOL!

[SoothingDave]

I'm serious. Nobody like the Irish being here. Then we gave the world St. Patrick's Day, an excuse to party.

Cinco de Mayo being accepted as an American holiday is a sign that as repulsive as "Being Irish for a day" would have sounded 100 years ago, we are cool with the idea now. OK, let's be Mexican for a day and celebrate.

As long as Juneteenth remains a day for earnest and serious reflection (and the inevitable calls for recrimination and renumeration) America will largely ignore it. Now turn it into a real party and we'll happily celebrate the end of slavery.

SD