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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would like it better if it wasn’t called Juneteenth. June 19th sounds good. Can we just combine it with MLK day? We are heading toward a lot of holidays. Besides the usual days, our  school system takes off Christian, Jewish and Muslim holidays. I think we should cut Presidents’ Day or Columbia Day or Easter Monday. [/quote]

Did you actually just ask if we could combine MLK Day and Juneteenth?  How about first we combine Memorial Day and Veterans Day?[/quote]

I would be in favor of eliminating MLK day and [b]combining Memorial Day and Veterans Day.[/b] [/quote]

Absolutely not. 
One honors and recognizes those who sever to protect our citizens. 
The other honors and remembers those who died in service to our country.

Very different.  [/quote]

Veterans Day honors all people who served in the military. Memorial Day honors the people who served in the military and died while in military service. In other words, Memorial Day honors a subset of the people who are honored by Veterans Day. It might be different, but it's not VERY different.[/quote]

[b]Let's just combine mother's day and father's day since they both honor parents. [/b]
Or, maybe combine MLK day and Juneteenth since they both celebrate human rights and freedom. 
Or, let's go for the big guns and combine Easter and Christmas since it is about the birth and the earthly death of the same person.  
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That would be fine with me, although neither is a federal holiday.

But I think you're doing a good job explaining why the people whining about the redundancy of Juneteenth are silly.[/quote]

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