Property of Nobody

We should celebrate Juneteenth because it represents an opportunity to reflect on the complicated meaning of freedom.  Freedom that came at the end of the bloodiest war on the American soil where more than 700,000 lives were lost.  Freedom that came at the death of many enslaved people who never lived to see it, and freedom that people still fight for today. Juneteenth is a holiday where people consider notions of liberty and justice, clearly issues that remain the center of our attention — even today.