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Happy Juneteenth [1]

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Date: 2025-06-19

In 2020 I wrote “We Need Two New National Holidays”, these being Appomatox Day and Juneteenth. I take no credit for our now having one of these, but we still need the other one.

We need two new national Holidays.

Holiday Number One: Appomattox Day*, celebrating the victory of America and civilization over the Rebellion of the Slaveholders. Holiday Number Two: Juneteenth. That's today, as I type, so happy Juneteenth! Conveniently, one of the dates comes in the Spring, when there are few holidays, and the other happens near the end of the public school year.

Yes, I realize that somewhat after Appomatox the Confederate Army of the Carolinas surrendered to General Sherman, the Confederate Army of the the Mississippi surrendered, the Army of the Trans-Mississippi surrendered, some of the Indian Nations of Oklahoma surrendered, and Texas surrendered, but after Appomatox it was all over for the slaveholders.

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