MY BIRTHDAY!

Hutchison Seeks Juneteenth Holiday

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison introduced a measure Tuesday that would make a national observance out of Juneteenth, the June 19, 1865, reading of an order that officially freed the slaves in Texas, which had resisted the Emancipation Proclamation two years earlier. "By observing this day, our nation will honor the role that Juneteenth has played in African American culture in Texas and throughout the country, and it will remind us that, in America, we are all blessed to live in freedom," Hutchison said.

 

I was born Juneteenth 1934, I have been celebrating that day for 78 years now!  Thank you KAY, for trying to get a "NATIONAL OBSERVANCE" for my birthday, it's nice to know I am important,  every body hope you enjoy it..  Long live watermelon and fried chicken!