• SUDO@reddthat.com
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      1 day ago

      I’m genuinely a little surprised. I’m not that far from Virginia either. I really wonder why I hadn’t heard anything about Juneteenth prior to recently then.

      • Crashumbc@lemmy.world
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        24 hours ago

        I grew up in Central Maryland (in the county) and one of my best friends was half black. The high was also 70% black. It wasn’t a thing in the late eighties in that area.

        I never heard of it till it became a federal holiday.