A Juneteenth reminder of Trump's love for the slavery-defending Confederacy
Juneteenth, the day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, became a federal holiday in 2021 under then-President Joe Biden. Before that, the holiday was informally celebrated around the country as a way to celebrate liberation from what is commonly referred to as America’s “original sin.”
But the current occupant of the White House has a track record of expressing sympathy and solidarity not with the pro-American Union forces who won the war. Instead, Donald Trump has aligned himself with the Confederacy which fought to retain human bondage.
Biden renamed several military bases that were named after Confederate leaders, a change long requested by civil rights activists. Trump undid that task and reverted the names of several bases to their pro-Confederate status.
For instance, Trump changed Fort Gregg-Adams—named in honor of two Black veterans who served with distinction—back to Fort Lee. Robert E. Lee was the overall commander of the Confederate Army and spent the years 1861 to 1865 fighting for southern states to preserve the right to own Black people.
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