tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post17282977146880268..comments2023-11-27T02:17:22.859-06:00Comments on The LawDog Files: Little-known Texas HolidayLawDoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05232684877582591461noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-64503109617130520892008-06-20T22:55:00.000-05:002008-06-20T22:55:00.000-05:00Based on past "juneteenth" (aka the black 4th of J...Based on past "juneteenth" (aka the black 4th of July aka beat whitey to death day) celebrations it will no doubt result in some really entertaining youtube and liveleak videos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-39123228737472059862008-06-20T19:38:00.000-05:002008-06-20T19:38:00.000-05:00".....will not be supported in idleness either the...".....will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere."<BR/><BR/>Yeah Jim, looks like times have changed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-85407375145541932812008-06-20T13:46:00.000-05:002008-06-20T13:46:00.000-05:00I know a lot of people I wish would read the last ...I know a lot of people I wish would read the last half of the last sentence of that announcement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-23805784201095771312008-06-20T13:28:00.000-05:002008-06-20T13:28:00.000-05:00Actually, slavery did not end on Juneteenth. "Whil...Actually, slavery did not end on Juneteenth. "While slavery DID end in the former Confederacy in April, 1865, it continued as a legal institution in the Union states of Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, and West Virginia until December, 1865, when the 13th Amendment was ratified (Delaware and Kentucky joined Texas in voting against it)." (from http://www.civilwarhistory.com/slavetrade/blackslavery.htm)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-48647140953955227292008-06-20T10:29:00.000-05:002008-06-20T10:29:00.000-05:00Funny thing? I've never heard of 'Juneteent...Funny thing? I've never heard of 'Juneteenth' even though I see at Wikipedia that June 19 is an actual observed holiday in the Socialist Republic of New York, where I lived before moving to South Central Texas? I guess I was out the day they taught this at the gummint school back in NY? Funny thing again? I never saw any mention of 'Juneteenth' yesterday out here where I live in Texas, now! Thanks for the education, LawDog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-83641729872757965512008-06-20T10:23:00.000-05:002008-06-20T10:23:00.000-05:00Also interesting is the history of the great Stand...Also interesting is the history of the great Stand Watie. <BR/>LawMomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-27493289124581083692008-06-20T10:00:00.000-05:002008-06-20T10:00:00.000-05:00I'm very glad to learn that Juneteenth is a "real"...I'm very glad to learn that Juneteenth is a "real" holiday, instead of an invention like Kwanzaa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-34755239231572238432008-06-20T05:43:00.000-05:002008-06-20T05:43:00.000-05:00It is celebrated here with enough er..."vigor" tha...It is celebrated here with enough er..."vigor" that local law enforcement is putting extra officers out for the celebration from 150 to 200.<BR/><BR/>We respect the ocassion, we just have a segment of rather stupid people.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04850745429509147652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-11973465305362780932008-06-20T05:34:00.000-05:002008-06-20T05:34:00.000-05:00You know LawDog, Juneteenth is celebrated in Louis...You know LawDog, Juneteenth is celebrated in Louisiana as well.Xavierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00036652456691021642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-27259991879834844412008-06-19T20:55:00.000-05:002008-06-19T20:55:00.000-05:00Thank you, sir.I knew about Juneteenth, I hadn't r...Thank you, sir.<BR/><BR/>I knew about Juneteenth, I hadn't realized that it was inspired, so to speak, by a proclamation by General Granger, under whom my great-great-grandfather served at the Battle of Chickamauga. (As I related on my own blog. Ahem.)Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.com