Juneteenth Celebration in Washington DC (home, rating, park)

[Jewel City Joe]

Each year we see the Celebration on July 4 at the Capital. Quite a show.

Since Juneteenth is now a national holiday I'm wondering if it would be celebrated there too ?

What are your views ?

I was a little kid visiting my Grand Dad in Texas when I was taken to the city park and shown all the black folks celebrating juneteenth and it was a celebration I'll never forget. When I got back home and was talking about it no one knew what I was talking about, even some of the black folks I knew had never heard of it.

Perhaps it's time. 2021 may be on short notice but 2022 could be big.

The Juneteenth Flag

[The Very Man Himself]

Originally Posted by Jewel City Joe

Each year we see the Celebration on July 4 at the Capital. Quite a show.

Since Juneteenth is now a national holiday I'm wondering if it would be celebrated there too ?

What are your views ?

I was a little kid visiting my Grand Dad in Texas when I was taken to the city park and shown all the black folks celebrating juneteenth and it was a celebration I'll never forget. When I got back home and was talking about it no one knew what I was talking about, even some of the black folks I knew had never heard of it.

Perhaps it's time. 2021 may be on short notice but 2022 could be big.

The Juneteenth Flag

I'd say possible, but unlikely. As far as the feds are concerned most holidays are "observed" rather than "celebrated". I expect it will be observed like MLK Day, Washington's Birthday, Columbus Day, and Veterans Day. March and April are the only months with no Federal Holiday. The calendar is filling up.

[spencgr]

Originally Posted by The Very Man Himself

I'd say possible, but unlikely. As far as the feds are concerned most holidays are "observed" rather than "celebrated". I expect it will be observed like MLK Day, Washington's Birthday, Columbus Day, and Veterans Day. March and April are the only months with no Federal Holiday. The calendar is filling up.

What federal holiday is in August?

[leighland]

Govies got emails today that Feds closed on Monday for Juneteeth this year

[The Very Man Himself]

Originally Posted by spencgr

What federal holiday is in August?

Mea Culpa........

[Jewel City Joe]

For those who will be celebrating/observing Juneteenth I would offer a mention of this new book.

Especially those in Texas and of color where Juneteenth seems to really be taken seriously. Teachers should know of this book too. In the time of slavery in Texas, the Mexican people opposed slavery as they had been oppressed by the Spanish and it was a moral issue to them.

The authors of this book point to the 1794-1800 era where the Cotton Gin in America and the British industrial textile boom set the ground work for massive cotton production with slave labor in America. New Orleans became America's largest Slave port and 3rd largest city in this same time period. And much of these attitudes carry on today.

The only other book I've read that has so much information & insights regarding abolition of Slavery was, "Confederates in the Attic" by Tony Horwitz

Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth

https://www.amazon.com/Forget-Alamo-.../dp/1984880098