I ended up "woke" by default today

The only relevance the day has to the other 49 states is that it is now a paid day off for federal employees. Nothin more, nothing less.

Woo Hoo!!! 3 day weekend!!! Free too. I am going to observe this solemn occasion by washing/detailing my car and then making a BBQ lunch run in the plane. Thank you, Brandon! :thumbsup:
 
So in our daily teamwide status meeting today at one of my clients, someone mentioned that Monday is a holiday. I know very little about it, but have mentally just filed juneteenth as "Second MLK day" along with other holidays where I'm happy they exist, without knowing why.

The Montanan in our group went on a comedy bender though, and was very funny about how he was looking forward to Julyteenth and Augustteenth next, and what a stupid name for a holiday and wtf is it even for anyway?

This was preceded by the same person ranting about having to do a 30 minute diversity and inclusivity training, so double cringe score for him today. I told him privately "dude you basically attended our standup meeting in a bedsheet today" Unfortunately I think he is a loud version of what others on the team actually feel -- it doesn't concern them and it's all so much nonsense.

My sole African-american colleague kept silent and smiling throughout. I noted he'd likely be a wicked poker opponent.

Our CTO ignored the antics and moved on to neutral topics without even addressing things or dropping knowledge.

This annoyed me, so I posted a Juneteenth link into our Slack chatroom and mentioned the history is actually interesting and worth looking into. It's been ignored. I think I made it weirder. Sigh.

...and it is actually interesting history. I spent the morning reading up on the Galveston situation and where this meeting of law, education, and enforcement hit the ground after the Civil War.

However, in my search, I didn't really find any single source that was a satisfying summary of the reason for the Holiday. I had to scratch around all over the place and piece it together for myself. My coworkers are unlikely to do this for themselves.

I could find bios on General Gordon Granger and his General Order #3, which got equal footing with his deeds in the Battle of Chickamauga.

I could find real heartfelt "how I feel" stories and anecdotes that don't set the historical stage, or denounce juneteenth as superior "to me" over July 4, etc.

I could find some hand-waving "in the wake of police shootings and rah rah, we decided to cop out with a new holiday"

...but no real single source acted as an in-depth "Hey, here's why this matters in context" I could share with others.

Anyone have any good sources/reads for those who may want to inform themselves? I'm also still pretty new to the subject and it's fascinating me.

Work is now awkward AF which gives me cover to research this stuff instead of doing real coding. :D

Appreciate any sources/leads/Cali bashing this may engender :p
There's no reason for anyone outside of Texas to celebrate Juneteenth or even know what it is. Everyone who grew up and went to college in Texas took a Texas history class at least three times, and yet, many who live here don't know what it commemorates. Last year, I had to request a correction in a Juneteenth feature in our major daily paper that said it was the day the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. I have absolutely no criticism for a Montanan who didn't know what it is and thinks it's dumb to celebrate it up there.
 
I don't know much about Juneteenth, but Kwanzaa was invented in 1966 by one Ron Karenga.
 
Without comment, seen on an Ercoupe at an fly-in breakfast in E TN last Saturday:

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In other news...

My calendar is telling me today is Apple Streudel day and Monday is Ice Cream Soda day. Sounds like a delicious weekend.
 
I don't know much about Juneteenth, but Kwanzaa was invented in 1966 by one Ron Karenga.
Juneteenth is squarely on Texas. It celebrates the order in 1865 freeing the slaves there, being the last state in the Confederacy to still have slavery. The 13th amendment barring slavery in the union states came a few months later (Delaware and Kentucky still had slavery until then). It became a tradition in Texas the next year. It spread elsewhere during the "great migration" and started to increase in popularity during the 1960s civil rights movement.
 
There's no reason for anyone outside of Texas to celebrate Juneteenth or even know what it is. Everyone who grew up and went to college in Texas took a Texas history class at least three times, and yet, many who live here don't know what it commemorates. Last year, I had to request a correction in a Juneteenth feature in our major daily paper that said it was the day the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. I have absolutely no criticism for a Montanan who didn't know what it is and thinks it's dumb to celebrate it up there.
I'm not sure it's any more dumb than combining Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays into a single "Presidents' Day" that typically doesn't match the date of either one. (The real tragedy of that one is that we lost a holiday! ;))
 
Without comment, seen on an Ercoupe at an fly-in breakfast in E TN last Saturday:

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Being a believer in free speech and all, what I'm having trouble coming to terms with is the apparent asymmetry of that empennage.
 
My plane resembles that remark. It’s a great example of diversity in aircraft, so there.

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Cheers
 
Juneteenth is squarely on Texas. It celebrates the order in 1865 freeing the slaves there, being the last state in the Confederacy to still have slavery. The 13th amendment barring slavery in the union states came a few months later (Delaware and Kentucky still had slavery until then). It became a tradition in Texas the next year. It spread elsewhere during the "great migration" and started to increase in popularity during the 1960s civil rights movement.

The first I heard of Juneteenth was when I lived in Savannah, GA. The beaches were mobbed by kids on that day.

A few years ago, living in Alabama, it was assumed everyone would not show up for work on Juneteenth and the Postal US service in Atlanta was shut down. They take it more serious there than in Texas.

My kids went through Texas history in elementary and junior high school and I had an hour long chat with the guy who was the teacher for that class. He was also a baseball coach and was by far the best and most qualified teacher I had ever met. The history class walls were absolutely covered with important Texas history events and I learned more than my kids did!
 
@schmookeeg
My condolences. Your cringeworthy colleague sounds like half my family. Only charitable thing I can say is that maybe if he doesn't know what it is, he's just talking out of his a**.
No doubt that the world has gone completely berserk in their quest for all things 'woke', but some of the things (like making Juneteenth a holiday) actually do make sense when you acquire an understanding of what the event was. Not only do they make sense, they're long overdue.
Now the other 99% of things people are pushing? No thanks :)
I couldn't agree more. I've had a lot of things shoved at me in the last few years at work that I'm not comfortable with, but Juneteenth feels like something we should have been celebrating all along. It's an important milestone for the last black slaves in the US truly being emancipated, and that's very worthy of note. PS, I don't get the day off, but my company does send a lot of notes out around reflecting and learning around that day, which I actually think is fantastic.
 
Why is it weird we learn about it in our state history class? You probably learned about California history is your state history class. We sure didn’t spend any time on California history in Texas because it’s largely irrelevant to our state.

Juneteenth is very specific to Texas history and culture. I would not expect anybody outside of Texas to learn about it in their state history class. Just like I don’t learn about California state history stuff in Texas.

The only relevance the day has to the other 49 states is that it is now a paid day off for federal employees. Nothin more, nothing less.
That'd be kinda like saying George Washingtons Birthday was only relevant to the original 13. Or Abraham Lincolns to however many there were then. Yeah yeah, they've both been merged into Presidents now, but they were both Federal Holidays not all that long ago.
 
That'd be kinda like saying George Washingtons Birthday was only relevant to the original 13. Or Abraham Lincolns to however many there were then. Yeah yeah, they've both been merged into Presidents now, but they were both Federal Holidays not all that long ago.

Considering each of the southern states had their own emancipation day and the 13th Amendment didn’t get ratified until much later in the year and slavery didn’t stop across Texas on June 19th, 1865, I disagree.

As for Washington, his relevance extends to every state that has been admitted to the union. I’d say much less so to the territories and outlying minor islands where the lands and the peoples have a much different experience with America than the states do.
 
Why is it weird we learn about it in our state history class? You probably learned about California history is your state history class. We sure didn’t spend any time on California history in Texas because it’s largely irrelevant to our state.

Juneteenth is very specific to Texas history and culture. I would not expect anybody outside of Texas to learn about it in their state history class. Just like I don’t learn about California state history stuff in Texas.

Well, we did learn about the Treaty of Hidaldgo, which is arguably more relevant to California history than Texas history.
 
Why is the left vertical stabilizer not visible in FastEddieB's first photo? From the camera angle, it seems like it should be.
The leading edges of the horizontal stab are a swept wing configuration. Not that the 100 MPH Cruise is near the sound barrier:cool:

Cheers
 
Well, we did learn about the Treaty of Hidaldgo, which is arguably more relevant to California history than Texas history.

Ah yes, within the context of the Mexican American War, sometimes known as the Sour Grapes Campaign.
 
Considering each of the southern states had their own emancipation day and the 13th Amendment didn’t get ratified until much later in the year and slavery didn’t stop across Texas on June 19th, 1865, I disagree.

As for Washington, his relevance extends to every state that has been admitted to the union. I’d say much less so to the territories and outlying minor islands where the lands and the peoples have a much different experience with America than the states do.
Gotcha. Turns out Texas wasn’t the last place to officially emancipate anyway.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth
 
Well, we did learn about the Treaty of Hidaldgo, which is arguably more relevant to California history than Texas history.
That one made the United States bigger. So pretty much relevant to US History. Kind of like the Louisiana Purchase.
 
The leading edges of the horizontal stab are a swept wing configuration. Not that the 100 MPH Cruise is near the sound barrier:cool:

Cheers
That explains it. Thanks.
 
The wider view:

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Gorgeous plane regardless. I think the political tail art detracts, but not my plane, not my decision.

I love this photos. Because depending on which one you're flying, hearing someone say "the rudder pedal must be broken!" will either be funny or terrifying.
 
I love this photos. Because depending on which one you're flying, hearing someone say "the rudder pedal must be broken!" will either be funny or terrifying.
First time I flew the ‘Coupe, I started stepping on the brake and the column (for the yokes) in a turn. Didn’t take long to retrain the braino_O.

Cheers
 
I think our last harassment training event pointed out that harassment cases and/or complaints often increase after harassment training.
I've always found that much like every other training that I'm no better at harassment after training than I was before.
 
I've always found that much like every other training that I'm no better at harassment after training than I was before.

Gotta be careful with that stuff.

Standing in a doorway one day talking to a coworker when a young lady came around the corner to enter the room so I quickly stepped out of the way and said "excuse me." She replied, "no problem, you're fine." Before I could stop myself I heard me say, "well I was before I got old!"
 
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