Juneteenth.OMG, I Had No Clue!
Published on June 19, 2020
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Hello everyone, hope you are all doing fabulous.
This article is to laugh at my ignorance and to empower others.
So, yesterday, my girlfriend ended her text message with - 'Have a great weekend and I am so looking forward to my Juneteenth day.'
Now, in my mind, I had no clue that such a word - Juneteenth - existed, much less to mean something. I thought she was just being her usual comical self and just misspelling words as she usually does.
However, I had to delve into some research on the word...BECAUSE, as soon as I turned on my computer, my calendar, 'reminded' me about 'Juneteenth Day'...OK, this got my attention...what on earth is Juneteenth Day?
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So...went to dear Uncle G and searched...found this from Wikipedia:
'Texas was the most remote of the slave states, and ... The name of the observance is a portmanteau of "June" and "nineteenth", the date of its celebration.'
I was educated in an instant. I had no clue.
Of course, I decided to share this with the community, just in case there are others like me who need to know that Juneteenth is not a misspelling TODAY - June 19th - but indeed a celebration of history.
I hope you found this informative as I did and enjoyed sharing it.
Have a great day and weekend ahead.
Namaste
Michelle
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