Juneteenth, 2024 -- June 19, 2024

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Happy Juneteenth, everyone. 

After Vicksburg fell in 1863, Texas was mostly cut off from the rest of the Confederacy. Slaves in Texas did not learn about President Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation until 19-June-1865, when Union General Gordon Granger presented it to them. I don't think I learned about Juneteenth until I was in college. 

On June 17, 2021 President Joe Biden signed a law making Juneteenth a national holiday.

Juneteenth, 2023 -- June 19, 2023

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Happy Juneteenth, everyone. 

After Vicksburg fell in 1863, Texas was mostly cut off from the rest of the Confederacy. Slaves in Texas did not learn about President Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation until 19-June-1865, when Union General Gordon Granger presented it to them. I don't think I learned about Juneteenth until I was in college. On June 17, 2021 President Joe Biden signed a law making Juneteenth a national holiday.

Juneteenth, 2022 -- June 19, 2022

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Happy Juneteenth, everyone. After Vicksburg fell in 1863, Texas was mostly cut off from the rest of the Confederacy. Slaves in Texas did not learn about President Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation until 19-June-1865, when Union General Gordon Granger presented it to them.  I don't think I learned about Juneteenth until I was in college. On June 17, 2021 President Joe Biden signed a law making Juneteenth a national holiday.

Juneteenth, 2020 -- June 19, 2020

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Happy Juneteenth, everyone. After Vicksburg fell in 1863, Texas was mostly cut off from the rest of the Confederacy. Slaves in Texas did not learn about President Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation until 19-June-1865, when Union General Gordon Granger presented it to them.  I don't think I learned about Juneteenth until I was in college. 

Happy Birthday, President Lincoln #6 -- February 12, 2013

Today is Abraham Lincoln's 204th birthday. My favorite president.  This year we will observe the sesquicentennials of the conquest of Vicksburg, the Battle of Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Address.  We have already observed the sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. 

"Truth is generally the best vindication against slander."  I have frequently thought of this quote when I hear people attacking President Obama for made-up things. 

Collier's Magazine, a popular voice for reform, published this cover for the centennial of Lincoln's birth in February, 1909. 

The image comes from MagazineArt.org (http://www.magazineart.org). 

Emancipation Proclamation 150 -- January 1, 2012

On 01-January-1863, President Abraham Lincoln, freeing everyone held as a slave in Confederate territory and ordering the army to treat them as free people.  The Confederates were outraged.  Too bad.

The stamp was issued to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the proclamation in 2013.  

Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation - September 22, 2012

In July, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln showed his cabinet a draft of an order that freed the slaves in any rebellious state that did not return to the Union by 01-January-1863.  Some cabinet members objected, but Lincoln said he would issue the proclamation after the next Union victory.  He had to wait until 22-September-1862, after the Battle of Antietam, when the Army of the Potomac drove back the Army of Northern Virginia, which had invaded Maryland.

The stamp was issued to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the proclamation taking effect.  

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Update 9:15pm: The Giants beat the Padres to win the National League West.

Today we drove to Fifth and Mission and walked down Market.  We visited The Melt in the Embarcadero Center and had lunch.  We stopped at the MSR Museum and then walked to the ballpark.  We saw Sergio Romo, Brian Wilson and Tim Flannery arrive.  We walked back on Third Street.