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| | [[File:Progressive racists vow to tear down Lincoln monument (2).jpeg|right|300px|thumb|[[Leftwing]] [[racist]]s vowed to tear down the Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/23/protester-announces-destruction-emancipation-monument/</ref>]] | | [[File:Progressive racists vow to tear down Lincoln monument (2).jpeg|right|300px|thumb|[[Leftwing]] [[racist]]s vowed to tear down the Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/23/protester-announces-destruction-emancipation-monument/</ref>]] |
| − | '''Juneteenth''' is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] ending [[slavery]] in the [[United States]].<ref>http://juneteenth.com/</ref> It is a portmanteau of "June" and "19th", the date (in 1865) when Union troops landed in [[Galveston, Texas]] and read the Proclamation (Texas was the last state to have it read, being the most distant from the rest of the Confederacy). | + | '''Juneteenth''' is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] ending [[slavery]] in the [[United States]].<ref>http://juneteenth.com/</ref> President [[Donal J. Trump]] proposed Juneteenth be made a federal holiday,<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-juneteenth-national-holiday</ref> which was signed into law in 2021. <ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-signs-bill-making-juneteenth-a-federal-holiday/ar-AAL9t4V?ocid=msedgntp</ref> |
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| | + | The name is a portmanteau of "June" and "19th", the date (in 1865) when Union troops landed in [[Galveston, Texas]] and read the Proclamation (Texas was the last state to have it read, being the most distant from the rest of the Confederacy). |
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| | [[Muhammad Ali]] is a descendant of the escaped slave depicted in the Emancipation Memorial in [[Washington, D.C.]].<ref>https://www.ebony.com/entertainment/muhammad-ali-dna-ancestry-linked-escaped-slave/</ref> The Emancipation Memorial depicts a runaway slave being freed from the yoke of oppression by the Great Emancipator, [[Abraham Lincoln]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/25/black-historians-call-for-preservation-of-emancipation-memorial-funded-by-freed-slaves/</ref><ref>https://100percentfedup.com/black-historian-tells-angry-blm-crowd-yall-dont-know-your-history-during-protest-in-d-c-to-remove-emancipation-statue/</ref> In recent years white [[Marxist]] agitators have defamed and defaced monuments of the first [[Republican]] president who also freed the slaves.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2017/08/15/the-lincoln-memorial-was-vandalized-with-red-spray-paint/</ref> | | [[Muhammad Ali]] is a descendant of the escaped slave depicted in the Emancipation Memorial in [[Washington, D.C.]].<ref>https://www.ebony.com/entertainment/muhammad-ali-dna-ancestry-linked-escaped-slave/</ref> The Emancipation Memorial depicts a runaway slave being freed from the yoke of oppression by the Great Emancipator, [[Abraham Lincoln]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/25/black-historians-call-for-preservation-of-emancipation-memorial-funded-by-freed-slaves/</ref><ref>https://100percentfedup.com/black-historian-tells-angry-blm-crowd-yall-dont-know-your-history-during-protest-in-d-c-to-remove-emancipation-statue/</ref> In recent years white [[Marxist]] agitators have defamed and defaced monuments of the first [[Republican]] president who also freed the slaves.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2017/08/15/the-lincoln-memorial-was-vandalized-with-red-spray-paint/</ref> |
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| | In June 2020, a mob of [[white]] leftwing racists vowed to tear down the Emancipation Memorial.<ref>https://www.faithwire.com/2020/06/24/black-pastor-takes-bold-stand-against-mob-threatening-abraham-lincoln-emancipation-statue/</ref> | | In June 2020, a mob of [[white]] leftwing racists vowed to tear down the Emancipation Memorial.<ref>https://www.faithwire.com/2020/06/24/black-pastor-takes-bold-stand-against-mob-threatening-abraham-lincoln-emancipation-statue/</ref> |
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| − | As of June 17, 2021, '''Juneteenth''' is a federal holiday, which was signed by [[Joe Biden]] into law. <ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-signs-bill-making-juneteenth-a-federal-holiday/ar-AAL9t4V?ocid=msedgntp</ref>
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