We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/juneteenth_2.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:29:21 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification RECOGNIZING THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF JUNETEENTH INDEPENDENCE DAY WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Nancy Boyda (Kansas Second District) announced passage in the United States House of Representatives of Congressional Resolution 1237, “Recognizing the Historical Significance of Juneteenth Independence Day.” Boyda said “I was proud to support this resolution. It marks an important day in United States history – a day that set Americans on the course to equality.” The Resolution signifies the 142nd anniversary of June 19th, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas to announce and enforce the end of slavery. While the Emancipation Proclamation went... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/juneteenth_2.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/juneteenth_2.html Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:18:49 -0600 Concur. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/juneteenth_2.html#comment-74485 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/juneteenth_2.html#comment-74485 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:04:41 -0600 Took a while longer than it should have, certainly. IMHO, only because Colin Powell decided not to run in 1996. Had he done so, I think he would have been the GOP nominee.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/juneteenth_2.html#comment-74476 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/juneteenth_2.html#comment-74476 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:12:45 -0600