Comments on: Celebrate Juneteenth 2020 https://wthrockmorton.com/2020/06/19/celebrate-juneteenth-2020/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Sat, 20 Jun 2020 22:05:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Richard Willmer https://wthrockmorton.com/2020/06/19/celebrate-juneteenth-2020/#comment-107926 Sat, 20 Jun 2020 22:05:58 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=36042#comment-107926 In reply to CM.

Last month, Germany’s President Steinmeier gave (as is customary on such occasions) a speech to mark the 75th Anniversary of VE Day. I think it is worth reading, not least for its interesting take on patriotism …
https://www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Reden/EN/Frank-Walter-Steinmeier/Reden/2020/05/200508-75th-anniversary-World-War-II.html

]]> By: Richard Willmer https://wthrockmorton.com/2020/06/19/celebrate-juneteenth-2020/#comment-107927 Sat, 20 Jun 2020 17:57:29 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=36042#comment-107927 Tongue-in-cheek! Then again … 😉

]]> By: CM https://wthrockmorton.com/2020/06/19/celebrate-juneteenth-2020/#comment-107924 Sat, 20 Jun 2020 12:24:05 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=36042#comment-107924 In reply to Tacitus.

Monday after thanksgiving maybe? Make it is a super long weekend? Like the nick by the way. When you get older you can change your nickname to Herodotus. 😀

]]> By: CM https://wthrockmorton.com/2020/06/19/celebrate-juneteenth-2020/#comment-107925 Sat, 20 Jun 2020 08:17:16 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=36042#comment-107925 In reply to Tacitus.

Monday after thanksgiving maybe? Make it is a super long weekend? Like the nick by the way. When you get older you can change your nickname to Herodotus. 😀

]]> By: CM https://wthrockmorton.com/2020/06/19/celebrate-juneteenth-2020/#comment-107923 Sat, 20 Jun 2020 07:46:41 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=36042#comment-107923 Confederate Memorial Day makes about as much sense as a German holiday for the start of WWII.

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