Yeah it’s wild it seemed like it came out of nowhere one year, but it was a very big holiday in other parts. Frankly a day off in June is always nice. :)

I read about it. It seemed interesting. I think we have gotten used to the world of 24 hour news and quick responses that the scale of the USA seems small now, even Texas. I didn’t know it was celebrated on and off. I didn’t know about it until 2022.

I did research afterwards. It seems to be something from Texas IIRC. I’m nowhere near Texas.

I remember when Juneteeth became a thing. I thought it was a typo. So I fixed all the calendar at work to have “June Nineteenth.”