Well, you know, Modern Socialists have to Modern Socialist. We’ve long know that Democrats hate America, so, they hate Independence Day with a passion and will find any way to ruin it
This July 4th calls for national soul-searching
For July 4th observances this year, President Donald Trump plans a reprise of last year’s “Salute to America†in Washington. And on Friday, he will attend a fireworks display and military flyby at Mount Rushmore, where pyrotechnics have been banned for years. Environmentalists, Native groups and public health experts are objecting, but the celebrations appear likely to proceed as planned.
It’s unfortunate, because this year the nation could use a more sensitive and inclusive observance of its identity. It’s a year to take stock and reflect on the spasms that have convulsed the country — namely, the virus that has killed more Americans than were lost in the Vietnam and Korean wars combined, and the horrendous events that began on Memorial Day with a Minneapolis police officer’s knee on George Floyd’s neck. This Independence Day is an opportunity for soul-searching. It’s a time to ponder how well the country has succeeded at the goal passed down in the preamble to the Constitution: to “secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.†Whether we can do that depends on who we mean when we say “ourselves.â€
A good place to begin the soul-searching is Frederick Douglass’ speech of 168 years ago, titled “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?†As a man born into slavery himself, the abolitionist leader knew that when the Founders said “ourselves,†they were not talking about him. His entire speech is worth reading, but here is a bit of it:
Does the Star Tribune’s Editorial Board understand that slavery is abolished? And has been abolished for quite some time? And that it was the Republican Party which abolished it? The party which was created specifically to oppose slavery? While the Democrats were the party of slavery?
GOP senators propose replacing Columbus Day with Juneteenth as new federal holiday
Two Republican senators have filed an amendment to a piece of legislation that would replace Columbus Day with Juneteenth as a new federal holiday.
“Juneteenth is a day in our history that redefined the meaning of freedom and equality in America,” Sen. James Lankford, of Oklahoma, said in a news release. “Throughout our history, we have strived to become a more perfect union and Juneteenth was a huge step in attaining that goal.”
Lankford and Sen. Ron Johnson, of Wisconsin, filed the amendment to Sen. John Cornyn’s bipartisan bill that would make Juneteenth a federal holiday.
I’m actually good with this. Consider that Columbus never once set foot in the territory that would go on to become the United States Of America (and there’s lots of evidence that Vikings did). And it would be great to have a yearly federal holiday that represents the Republican Party freeing the slaves from the Democratic Party run Confederacy.
Read: Minneapolis Paper Recommends National Soul Searching On July 4th »
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