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In a message dated 6/18/05 7:01:18 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Today is the Celebration of the emancipation of the slaves in Texas: Jeff technically, the "word" had been here in Texas since the
emancipation proclamation but it was just unenforceable until the surrender of
the last Confederate forces in Galveston Texas on June 19th 1865. Former
uneducated slaves couldn't remember the exact day for celebrating but knew it
was in June and one of those "teenth" days, thus the name
Juneteenth.
A quick side not here, Sons of Confederate Veterans has succeeded in restoring
two plaques removed by George Bush from the Texas Supreme Court building, in the
middle of the night, during his initial run for the presidency in 2000 in
an attempt to appease the Texas NAACP. The plaques said that the Texas Supreme
Court building was built with funds from the Confederate Texas Widows Pension
fund and a Quote from Robert E. Lee in which he said "He was sorry that he
had to call on his Texans all too frequently but he could always count on
them to "Push" the
enemy."
Happy Juneteenth everybody!
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