Last year, I marked Juneteenth for the first time on MetaCookbook. I have no intention of letting the day slip by ever again. As a twitter friend said, it’s as American a holiday as exists.
#Juneteenth should be a federal holiday. A celebration of liberty purchased in blood? That's as American a holiday as you can get.
— Felix Leiter (@CatoTheEldest) June 19, 2015
But, as with last year, I mostly want to encourage everyone to read something more about it. This year a greatly educational read for me was What is Juneteenth?. A bit more history, and some good comments on what other days would be reasonable to celebrate the end of legalized slavery in this country. And why 19 June remains appealing.
Black lives matter.