Juneteenth

LionOfJudah · #1 06-07-2005, 05:07 PM

Are you guys celebrating Junteenth? I know we are all really quick to have a barbeque for the 4th of July...shouldn't we be as quick to do at least the same for Juneteenth.

LoJ

TheEpitome1920 · #2 06-07-2005, 05:13 PM

I've never been to a Juneteenth celebration.

As far as the nationwide celebrations I think various cities do their own thing and have good attendance. But I agree that the community as a whole needs to do a better job of supporting it and developing programs around it.

ms_gwyn · #3 06-07-2005, 06:20 PM

It has fallen off recently, but for 7 years my mother and her group of friends formed a Non-profit organization and their biggest fundraiser was/is the Juneteenth celebration.

Man, the person to does the BBQ make the best in the WORLD, there is nothing like "Texas" BBQ (fitting, isn't it). It is a wonderful day of family, friends, cards, dancing and raising money for a good cause.

hopefully it will happen this year, if not I will make sure that it happens next year. You’ve never had BBQ unless you’ve had (fake RL Name) Randy’s BBQ. It doesn’t need sauce it so damn good.

BLUPIZZAZZ · #4 07-02-2005, 12:46 AM

In my hometown there a huge festival...called of course JUNETEENTH. But for some unfortunate reason every year violence breaks out...It never fails. But I didn't go this year and I didn't hear anything, so this may have been the first year in a VERY long time, of no violence on juneteenth day celebration.