On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:01:32 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>> As a fellow southerner, I'm surprised to hear this news. I became
>> aware of Juneteenth when I was a kid and the Beatles were not famous
>> and GM still made Corvairs. Perhaps because it arrives a day after my
>> birthday, I'm more attuned to the observance?
>
>Michael, I didn't grow up in the South, my parents did. I was there often
>enough, but I really don't recall anyone ever mentioning it. How long has
>it been celebrated as "Juneteenth"?

Sorry Wayne, I thought your Mississippi roots were more direct. How
long has it been observed as Juneteenth? I don't know. It started in
1865 when Gen. Granger arrived in Galveston and announced that slavery
had been abolished in the United States. The celebration named
Juneteenth appears to be almost that old. There's a Wikipedia entry
on the topic if you are at all interested:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth

OBFood: I'm headed to the kitchen for a midnight snack (a little
early, but that's what it is.) Perhaps some prosciutto and a cracker.
--

modom
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