Juneteenth is an annual observance on June 19 to remember when Union soldiers enforced the Emancipation Proclamation and freed all remaining slaves in Texas on June 19, 1865. The observance of this holiday is an opportunity for people to celebrate freedom and equal rights for all citizens in the United States. This is an important time for African Americans and is a reminder to all Americans about this dark time in history. This is also a reminder that all people should be free to enjoy the benefits of life, liberty, and happiness. We must be mindful of those who lived under the oppression of slavery in the United States and elsewhere.
Travel opens the heart and mind. We are returning to Canada in September. We first visited in April 2019. I would like to see the UK, Ireland, Italy, Japan, and Scandinavian countries. Mexico would be fascinating as well.
Some folks can’t handle some folks asking questions about stuff without being irrationally triggered. Even when it’s in good faith. Maybe the answers are hard to come by.
Today being Father’s Day we went to the cemetery to visit my dad and grandparents. My dad has been gone for almost 5 years, my grandmother has been gone for almost 10 years. My grandfather has been gone since October 2023. I miss my dad and grandparents very much. They are always in my heart and on my mind.
This is the first Father’s Day without my grandfather. My dad passed away in 2019. Life without them is strange and celebrating Father’s Day is a little painful. I celebrate their love for me and for being my heroes in my life forever. To Gary Burgess and Leon Webb, I say Happy Father’s Day. I miss you both.
This is me as a wee lad with my father’s father Jay Beecher Burgess. He passed away in 1985. I have been without him for a long time. I miss him.
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