Bessette Pitney Text

Bessette/Pitney’s AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS: DELIBERATION, DEMOCRACY AND CITIZENSHIP reviews the idea of "deliberative democracy." Building on the book, this blog offers insights, analysis, and facts about recent events.

Showing posts with label Juneteenth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Juneteenth. Show all posts
Saturday, December 6, 2025

Holidays, National Parks, and a Renamed Institute of Peace

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Many   posts  have discussed the  background  of  Thanksgiving  and  other holidays .  April Rubin at Axios: Free entry to National Parks w...
Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Juneteenth and the Army

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From the US Army: ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — Juneteent h is known as America’s “second” Independence Day because it commemorates the en...
Monday, June 19, 2023

Juneteenth and General Order 3

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 From the National Archives : On June 19, 1865, two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln’s historic Emancipation Proclamation , ...
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