On Fri 20 Jun 2008 09:45:07p, modom (palindrome guy) told us...

> 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

That's quite a long history. I am surprised that I never heard of it
during the many times I spent in Mississippi, and certainly some of those
times were in June. Apparently it wasn't something that was recognized in
our family and their friends.

> 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.

We ate dinner so late that I doubt I'll need or want a snack before bed.
:-)

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Wayne Boatwright
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