I agree 100% but I think the bill also needs to include - election day as a paid federal holiday

It's a good idea, but secondary to making Election Day a paid holiday.

It's OK with me. I would also like to get rid of Columbus Day.

Agree. It should be a holiday. Slavery was a shameful thing, and its end should be celebrated.

You mean celebrate one of the few times the Federal Government correctly used its power to do the right thing and enforce the law that the South was disobeying and protected the rights of its citizen?

Yes, having a federal holiday celebrating Juneteenth actually makes sense. There is a connection, a bond, a trust created between the Federal Government and the people who were treated a slaves. Celebrating that can only strengthen that bond, and remind the federal government of its obligation.

Given the historosity of Juneteenth plus the fact that we were not taught of it's existence, I think it's appropriate to celebrate several million people being brought out of slavery. WASP's have sterilized written history in this country and that needs to be corrected. If there can be a day for the butcher Columbus, surely Juneteenth could replace it.

It sends a strong message!

Agree

Agree wholeheartedly.

I agree. We should remember the past, so we don't repeat it in the future.

I think having Election Day as a holiday is not needed in today’s world. Most states have early voting. Extending it to all states as well as mail in voting would make having one day set aside for voting obsolete.
Yes Juneteenth or the date of the Emancipation Proclamation should be a holiday.

What is the reason for the celebration?

I agree!! After so much time and absolute mistreatment beyond comprehension, the black race deserves more than can ever be repayed for their treatment of being devalued as human beings.
A day to honor their freedom is the least we can do to honor their unfair circumstances of being "owned" against their will and being devalued and dehumanized.

American blacks need more than a holiday to restore their lives. A holiday would be a good start though.

I’m all for it. I was given the afternoon off work today. I work for a university so a progressive move like this was not surprising.

itll just become commercialized. I say no. But I'm also white as snow so I don't feel like I have a say

Disagree . It would mean to much burden on the tax payers who are already over burdened.

If it could be played like MLK Day … where each employer has the opportunity to acknowledge or ignore it … I could live without it..

I agree. If there seem to be too many holidays we can drop Columbus Day. Juneteenth represents a very significant turning point in our history and we currently have federal holidays for less significant events.

I would support the bill. I wasn’t so sure about MLK. I honestly didn’t think he was so important to US history to qualify, but I didn’t object. I understood that he was important to the African-American community. But this is important to US history as a whole.

How about a Texas state holiday?

Better than Columbus day or Xmas, which just because it is religious shouldn't be a fed holiday. Is good Friday one - that sure as fuck shouldn't be (I remember having college classes on good Friday though).

You know this is about history it seems the majority that wants it changed does. We should all remember our own history and tell the government where to put their holidays. They have not made one Native American holiday really.

Get all the idiots out of Congress

Good idea