• mars296@kbin.social
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    7 months ago

    So only Alabama actually observes it. It’s the only one that closes state offices. Mississippi combines it with Memorial Day so technically there is a day off and they are diluting Memorial Day. I’m a Floridian and have never heard of his birthday being observed or mentioned. In contrast I actually get Juneteenth off.

  • testfactor@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    So, I’m from Alabama and my dad worked for the state. While the holiday is terrible, it has a dope as hell placement.

    They always put it on the first Monday in June, so it’s always the week after Memorial Day.

    As such, state offices basically shut down for a week, since everybody takes the Tuesday to Friday after Memorial Day off, since 4 days of leave gets you a 10 day stretch of no work.

    Not saying it’s good, but it’d be hella unpopular to repeal, and not cause people care about Jefferson Davis, lol.