NPS Wrongly Celebrates Juneteenth As 'Independence Day'

NPS Wrongly Celebrates Juneteenth As 'Independence Day'

It's clear that the designation of Juneteenth as a federal holiday was intended to compete with and marginalize the Fourth of July.

The myth of independence - Forest Park Review

This column first ran on July 3, 2024: Independence Day, the day in 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress, our foundational document, reads like a petition for dissolution of marriage. Recently in this village we’ve had a string of events that, in one way or another, were celebrations of freedom. Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announc…