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Pandoraon Jun 19, 2022 8:53pm
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RE:Juneteenth - did we really need another holiday?
RE:Juneteenth - did we really need another holiday?horace5 wrote: As ancient Rome marched towards decline its calendar became cluttered with holidays.
“By AD 165, the number of festival days, imperial birthdays and other labor-optional days reached 135. … In time, the runaway holiday calendar rose to 177 days of leisure.” (Los Angeles Times)
“Emperors, in the later stages of the Empire, used both free bread (and other food) and free entertainment to placate the larger number of people who were otherwise poorly served by their government.” (Will Luden - “Bread and Circuses for the Masses – Not Just Ancient Rome”)
Last summer June 19 became a federal holiday. This year it will be celebrated on June 20 - and US banks and stock markets will be closed.
Last year Canada did the same - retribution (Truth & Reconciliation) I believe they call it -- US for the emancipation of the Slaves from Africa:
Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Juneteenth marks the anniversary of the announcement of General Order No. 3 by Union Army general Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865, proclaiming freedom for enslaved people in Texas New Federal Holiday Honouring First Nations, Inuit and Mtis Survivors Coming September 30, 2021. On June 3, 2021, Bill C-5, An Act to amend the Bills of Exchange Act, the Interpretation Act and the Canada Labour Code (National Day for Truth and Reconciliation) received Royal Assent.
Not sure if Canada has a National holiday in June yet so that may still be in the offing - just give us a reason. April in both countries does not have a designated holiday except when Easter falls in that month.