Juneteenth festival will relocate
to site of former slave-trader
and Confederate general
Posted By: Ribicon, 5/2/2021 7:48:38 PM
Memphis' Juneteenth celebration is relocating from Robert Church Park in Downtown Memphis to Health Sciences Park in the Medical District, where the remains of Confederate Army General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife sit mostly unadorned. Juneteenth, sometimes referred to as "Emancipation Day," traces back to 1865 when a federal order ending slavery was read aloud in Galveston, Texas, two years after the actual Emancipation Proclamation and more than a month after the end of the Civil War.(Snip) Weeks later, a group of activists painted "Black Lives Matter" in bright yellow around the remains of the Forrests, which are still fenced off from the general public.
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Come dance on the graves of some old crackers in the name of national unity.