This one will be very USA focused, but it is important.
1: What event does Juneteenth mark?
2: What state did it happen in?
3: What year did it happen?
4: Was it truly the end?
5: Does your state or employer recognize the day?
My Answers are limited, to keep from giving it away.
1: What event does Juneteenth mark? I will wait for your answers.
2: What state did it happen in? That state is still behind.
3: What year did it happen? How late was it?
4: Was it truly the end? Not in my opinion.
5: Does your state or employer recognize the day? Yes, a couple of years ago the staff voted to trade Columbus Day for Juneteenth. Columbus was lost and an @$$#ole.
Please share your answers in the comments, and take a moment to today to remember why this day is significant.
1: What event does Juneteenth mark? Emancipation of enslaved African Americans.
ReplyDelete2: What state did it happen in? Texas, of all places.
3: What year did it happen? More than 2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
4: Was it truly the end? Not by a long shot.
5: Does your state or employer recognize the day? Spain has enough other days it needs to recognize.
Can a country that likes to party have to many special days?
DeleteI've absolutely no idea.
ReplyDeleteThought about you and others when I wrote this one,
Delete1: What event does Juneteenth mark? The emancipation of slaves in America.
ReplyDelete2: What state did it happen in? I think Texas.
3: What year did it happen? 1865
4: Was it truly the end? Of course not. Slavery comes in all sorts of forms.
5: Does your state or employer recognize the day? The state does, my employer does not.
The last state to announce emancipation
Delete1: What event does Juneteenth mark? enslaved people in Texas learn they are free.
ReplyDelete2: What state did it happen in? Texas
3: What year did it happen? 1865
4: Was it truly the end? No
5: Does your state or employer recognize the day? It is recognized
Perfect answers
DeleteI didn't peak; I forget when and how. I get the day off tomorrow. I plan to read some about the day that is giving me the day off and more important all Americans independence
ReplyDeleteLearn a little more each day, each year.
DeleteI'm surprise my state of Idaho even recognize it. We're either 49 or 50 to recognize Martin Luther King day.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on and stay safe.
Mark Twain is often quoted as saying the place you want to be when the world comes to an end, because it will take five years to reach there.
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