The Pleasant Hill community is invited to come to City Hall from 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. on June 19, 2024 as the City holds its 2nd Annual Juneteenth Celebration. The event, hosted by the City’s Diversity Commission, will be held in conjunction with the weekly Off the Grid Food Truck event and provide a fun family evening of food, performances, activities, and music.
The Juneteenth Federal Holiday commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas with the news of the Emancipation Proclamation. This occurred two years after President Lincoln issued the proclamation. More than 250, 000 African Americans were freed by executive decree. On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden, with members of Congress, signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, creating the Juneteenth holiday.
Activities and performances scheduled during the City’s 2nd Annual Celebration include:
- Unique Derique
- Stories with Princess Tiana
- Metropolis Dance Complex
- From Africa to the Caribbean & Beyond drum presentation
- Music from the West African Highlife Band 7:00-9:00 p.m.
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lmaooooooooooo
This is disgusting, and we need to actively stop this Bull.
Move to a red state, you won’t feel like you are chasing your own tail. This is my goal.
What is disgusting is the fact that you find it disgusting that there is a celebration to the end of owning people in our country. Unbelievable how many racists we have in our community. Really sad.
Freeing yourself from slavery is its own reward. You don’t need a special a day.
TONY,
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Juneteenth recognizes the end of slavery in the area of Galveston, Texas, perhaps you could extend this to the State of Texas, or possibly the territory of the former Confederate States of America, or at best, those slaves who were “freed” by the Emancipation Proclamation, but Juneteenth doesnt recognize the end of slavery in our country, as slavery continued in some northern states for another 6 months, until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in December of 1865. Yet, despite slavery legally ending in the United States in December of 1865, there are many documented cases of slavery and indentured servitude continuing for many decades in purchased and annexed territories of the United States. What’s sad, or what some might find “disgusting,” is the fact that the vast majority of Americans have been brainwashed and conned by our corrupt corporate media into believing that “Juneteenth” celebrates the end of slavery in the United States, it doesn’t!!!
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Personally, I don’t care for the name “Juneteenth,” I prefer the name “Jubilee Day,” which was also used in the past to recognize the events the took place in and around the area of Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865. Although, I believe an even more appropriate name and date of celebration would’ve been to call it Emancipation Day and for it to be recognized on January 1st, as January 1, 1863 was the date the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect or for it to be recognized on December 6th, as December 6, 1865 was the date the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified. If we were going to add another holiday for employees of the government and financial institutions, then an American Indian Day would’ve been more appropriate than Juneteenth.
C’mon Black Knight, no need to rob Tony of the opportunity to label as “racist” anyone who doesn’t agree with him (or her – who knows?)
Sadly Joe Biden was more interested in declaring it “George Floyd Appreciation Day” which obviously cheapens the historical significance of the actual event. Hey, anything to pacify the progressives…….
I’m not sure if you’re joking about “George Floyd Appreciation Day” but that isn’t a thing, so no need to worry about the historical significance being cheapened.
can’t believe this is now a holiday, what next?
I definitely won’t be there!
Great to see. Looks like a cool event.
Interesting facts: Pleasant Hill, CA, roughly TWO(2%) PERCENT of population is Black/African American. ~~~~ SEVEN(7%)PERCENT are Non Citizens.
A Juneteenth celebration is warranted, no matter the demographics of a city.
Why is it that they always fail to mention that Ulysses S. Grant was a Republican, and Robert E. Lee was a Democrat? It was the Dems that fought for slavery, it was the Dems that founded the Ku Klux Klan, it was the Dems that were responsible for the lynching of Blacks, and It was the Dems that kept the South segregated.
I’m looking forward to seeing how many down votes I will get from the gullible liberal deniers.
This helps explain how the ideologies of the parties changed. It’d be cool if you read it!
https://www.studentsofhistory.com/ideologies-flip-Democratic-Republican-partie s #:~:text=In%2019642C%20Democratic%20president%Lynd n,to%20a%20final%2C%20decisive%20switch.
@Julie, that’s a nice attempt at deflection, but the Democrats are still the party of the KKK, BLM, Antifa, Hezbollah, and Hamas.
It would be cool if you read Black Knight’s explanation of the actual origin of Juneteenth found above. Perhaps it will help you understand some of the skepticism.
DAWG,
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Former President (Hiram) Ulysses Simpson “Sam” Grant was our last slave owning president, but to be fair, the one slave he did own has been described as “a gift” from his father-in-law, Frederick Dent, and he owned his slave for a relatively short period of time, 2-3 years, before legally freeing his slave, at which time Grant had claimed to have “purchased” his slave, William Jones, from his father-in-law. Whatever the case may be, Frederick Dent gifted other slaves directly to his his daughter, Julia Boggs Dent Grant. (H.)U.S. Grant also benefitted from slavery directly when he used his father-in-laws slaves to plant, maintain, and harvest crops on his own Missouri farm, which was also a gift from his father-in-law. As Frederick Dent aged, Grant managed his plantation, including his slaves.
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Confederate General Robert E. Lee owned relatively few slaves and his ownership of those slaves appears to disappear from records almost a decade prior to the Civil War, whether they were freed, sold, or died appears to be unknown. However, Lee also managed the three plantations of his father-in-law, George Washington Parke Custis, which included about 200 slaves. His father-in-laws will specified those slaves were to be set free within five years of his death. After the Civil War, Lee often spoke positively about the end of slavery, sometimes his views on slavery were contradicting, both before and after the war, but his views on race were clear, he was absolutely opposed to equality for black Americans.
Did someone say Food Trucks???
MMMmmm
I will be there! Thank you Joe Biden for making it a federal holiday.
Golly Shucks Darn! I will not be able to make it. Even I could make it, I would not.
Why is this a Federal holiday? I have my popcorn waiting for the responeses from the regular crowd. I am sure that they will bring non-existent facts to the tables or the feelings, neither of which I care about. Give us facts, unadulterated facts and hard evidence as to why we need a Federal Holiday for the freeing of the slaves. And let’s be honest … slavery still exists in this country – ever heard of human trafficking? Hmm … but that does not fit the agenda, does it?
We don’t *need* any federal holidays.
We don’t *need* to celebrate independence from Britain.
We don’t *need* to celebrate workers or veterans*
Just because something isn’t a need doesn’t make it inappropriate or bad.
Whatever. Nice quiet at the office.
Since a Monday or Friday in June will always be a “tenth” Why is this Holiday not celebrated on a Monday or Friday? It’s not like this is the fourth of July or Veteran’s Day.
I mean, it *is* like the 4th of July in that it’s celebrating the anniversary of the actual date…
FED UP,
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A decade or two ago, there was a movement in Congress to change holidays from observed dates to their actual dates, because the “purpose of recognizing a holiday wasn’t to create long weekends for some workers, but to observe and recognize the event celebrated on their actual dates. In 1968, Veterans Day and several other holidays were moved to Monday’s under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, but by 1978, Veteran’s Day was moved from again, from the forth Monday in October and back to November 11th, recognizing the end of World War I. My guess is that the sentiment of celebrating holidays on their actual dates still exists in a large number of members of Congress and observing Juneteenth on a designated Monday would be looked at as diminishing the significance of the holiday and Congress was probably trying to be sensitive due to the racial unrest we were experiencing at the time.
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