JUNETEENTH

    SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 2020

             JUNETEENTH!

    I'm not at all found of the designation for

this particular holiday but, that said, June 19th

does mark an important event. The end of 

slavery in the United States. In reality it

was suppose to have ended, by law, on January

first of 1883. That's where the emancipation

proclamation, signed by President Lincoln,

was to go into effect. Nut, of course, the

Civil War was still ragging at that time and

slave holders were not about to observe

a law passed by the Union. On June 19th

of 1885, however, word of the proclamation

finally reached people in the deepest part

of the south in Galveston, Texas and the word

went out this was a legal directive across the

nation! Now, as of this year, Juneteeth has

become a Federal Holiday! I'm a little

concerned about that as my mail is already

running late and another postal day off

won't help! I would hope someone in

authority could come ou with a better

name for the observance and, while they're

at it, why not move it to a Monday permanent;y

so there's another long weekend to look forward

to?! Hope you're well, free as a bird, and that

all your NEWS is good!