Happy Juneteenth

[lunarnoodle]

I am surprised that people celebrate this holiday outside of TX. I thought it was local.
My home town is just down the beach from Galveston, so there it's a big deal.

Guess I was wrong.

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[gfial95]

I think I can honestly say I've never heard of that holiday before now.

[lunarnoodle]

It made headlines in papers here in NYC and Binghamton and Syracuse.
And I saw online it was in the MSN national headlines.
It seems to be a pretty widely celebrated holiday outside of TX. In TX, it is an official state holiday.

It's June 19th 1865. A boat landed at Galveston bringing news that the slaves were free. TX was still occupied by the Confederate Army until that time, so word never got through.
Now it is a general emancipation holiday, but in the town where I am from, the city has a festival and everyone celebrates. It's kind of like a mini July 4th.

[gfial95]

Wow, that's pretty neat. I wish they had something like that here, but even though we're north of the Mason-Dixon line this might as well be a Confederate state. :(

[finnagain]

It still blows my mind. Blacks in texas weren't told about the emancipation proclemation for two fucking years! INsane.