Disgusting: The @NatlParkService waves entrance fees on Juneteenth, which it claims is “National Independence Day.” Shockingly it does not do the same for the actual Independence Day on July 4.
Years ago there was “Washington’s Birthday” and “Lincoln’s Birthday.” Both were acknowledged and marked on calendars but not a full federal holiday with places closed and time off for workers. Later both were absorbed by “President’s Day” with no real change in status.
Then came “MLK Day” as a full federal holiday with all the bells and whistles just like Memorial Day and Labor Day.
So on at least one level, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is held at a higher level of esteem than all the presidents who ever lived. And to add the cherry on top, the new “Juneteenth Day” seems to say that the act of freeing the slaves is more worthy of respect than the president who made it happen.
Make any sense to you folks? Maybe if you allow for some people wanting to send a message that wokeness is now more important than history?
And yet, until the 13th Amendment was ratified in December 1865, slaves in Kentucky, Delaware and New Jersey were still legally enslaved. The 1863 Emancipation Proclamation did not apply to them because they did not live in states that seceded from the United States and where the Federal government regained control through military action.
Why let a conquered people celebrate their holiday?
Years ago there was “Washington’s Birthday” and “Lincoln’s Birthday.” Both were acknowledged and marked on calendars but not a full federal holiday with places closed and time off for workers. Later both were absorbed by “President’s Day” with no real change in status.
Then came “MLK Day” as a full federal holiday with all the bells and whistles just like Memorial Day and Labor Day.
So on at least one level, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is held at a higher level of esteem than all the presidents who ever lived. And to add the cherry on top, the new “Juneteenth Day” seems to say that the act of freeing the slaves is more worthy of respect than the president who made it happen.
Make any sense to you folks? Maybe if you allow for some people wanting to send a message that wokeness is now more important than history?
And yet, until the 13th Amendment was ratified in December 1865, slaves in Kentucky, Delaware and New Jersey were still legally enslaved. The 1863 Emancipation Proclamation did not apply to them because they did not live in states that seceded from the United States and where the Federal government regained control through military action.