How We Juneteenth

[Chesterton]

It's a sad day when commemorating the end of an American crime against humanity is seen as something wrong. The irony is those that express such views seem broken up over the Confederacy and how history should not be ignored. This reminds me of those "Democrats support slavery, but the Confederacy was amazing and for states' rights!" discussions.

I don't recall what other posters have said in this thread, but I don't think it's wrong to celebrate it. It just seemed odd to me that people in New York would celebrate a Texas event, kind of how it's odd when Americans celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

 

[FireDragon76]

How We Juneteenth

Except June 19th didn't actually end slavery in the US. Slavery in the US didn't end until the 13th Ammendment was ratified on December 6th, 1865, and passed the House on January 31st of the same year. For some time after "Juneteenth", slavery was banned in the Confederacy in Union-occupied areas, but legal in border states. That is because originally the declaration of the freedom of the slaves was primarily seen by the Union as a punishment against the Confederacy.

It's great to emphasize a minimized historical narrative, but that doesn't obviate glossing over facts.