We are too busy criticizing the ostrich for sticking his head in the sand whenever confronted with trouble. Cutting himself off from the world around him. No longer watching the news. Hoping the problem will simply go away if he ignores it, and fails to acknowledge that there in fact, even is a problem.

“A LARGE PROPORTION was unmarried. A few drank intoxicating liquors. Still, it was a company of sober and brave men. They knew their duty and they did it. While in town they made no braggadocio demonstration. They did not gallop through the streets, shoot, and yell. They were a specie of moral discipline. They did right because it was right.” - Texas Ranger Captain John ‘Rip’ Ford (1818-1897)

All men are NOT created equal.

Sounds un-American doesn’t it?It sounds non-patriotic to even say. But the truth be known, it is very American. Because it is a very accurate reflection of our society

To even begin to grasp the significance of

Juneteenth , you first need to acknowledge the horrors of

slavery.

It is not a celebration to be commercially branded or trivialized.

It is an honoring.

A remembering.