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CPT Jack Durish
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LTC Eugene Chu
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And Trump did not even know what Juneteenth meant...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/18/trump-juneteenth-holiday-meaning

Trump was told meaning of Juneteenth by black Secret Service agent – report

Trump told WSJ that neither he nor any of his staff seemed to know the meaning of the holiday before furor over Tulsa rally
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CPT Jack Durish
CPT Jack Durish
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Hell, I didn't know either until someone told me. Oh, forgive me. You were merely misdirecting the conversation away from Biden. Sorry. I didn't mean to step on your rant.
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SFC Casey O'Mally
SFC Casey O'Mally
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CPT Jack Durish Neither did I.

Considering that it was originally a state holiday for one specific state which only in the last decade gained any real traction, anyone claiming otherwise is either a) lying, b) deeply invested, or c) affiliated with Texas somehow.

Hell, here is an article from TODAY that discusses how folks from places other than Texas are still learning what it is all about.

https://www.aetc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3802728/juneteenth-an-american-celebration-of-freedom/

Juneteenth: an American celebration of freedom

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, declaring, “all persons held as slaves” within rebellious states “are, and henceforth shall be free.” However, it
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