"We got our liberty from investing, entrepreneurship, and breaking the system, so it's only right that we celebrate Juneteenth by providing information that will help liberate the masses."
"For black employees, the recognition of Juneteenth as a paid holiday is a necessary respite from the pain of the past several weeks."
"It's Juneteenth, a great time to celebrate American history."
"Juneteenth should absolutely be a national holiday."
"America was attempting to fulfill its founding promises at Juneteenth."
"Juneteenth is the date in which slaves in Texas were finally informed about the emancipation proclamation... it's been celebrated in black communities around the United States as sort of the marking the end, the date marking the end of slavery for decades, truly decades."
"It seems to me that we should absolutely celebrate the end of slavery."
"The legacy of Juneteenth is racial progress... it is literally marking racial progress in the United States."
"Juneteenth is a recognition that America's institutions changed and morphed and molded and adapted in order to be less racist."
"Juneteenth is the date that commemorates the last state to be read the Emancipation Proclamation at the end of the Civil War, which was Texas."
"Juneteenth didn't end the story of racism in America or discrimination in America, but it was the end of slavery."
"Freedom was very important to them. Here in Galveston, you're at ground zero of where the Juneteenth message began and really on sacred ground."
"Juneteenth is the date June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger issued General Order Number Three here in Galveston, which stated in the first sentence that all slaves are free."
"Juneteenth is a national holiday, not just a black holiday, because Juneteenth is a celebration of America fulfilling founding promises in the Declaration of Independence."
"Juneteenth is not about a victory...it's about the ever long march toward progress."
"Juneteenth should be a national holiday. We should have tons of barbecuing."
"Juneteenth is cool. I think we get a holiday in June to have barbecue and celebrate freedom and independence."
"Juneteenth is not just a day. There is too much educational components. We have too much to do." - Opal Lee
"Capitalism has to win in order for Juneteenth to survive."
"Thank you all so much for joining me today it is Juneteenth."
"Juneteenth is about freedom, Freedom okay for black people."
"Black folks are not going to allow non-black people to trivialize and compartmentalize and narrow Juneteenth."
"So if you ask me we should make Juneteenth a national holiday."
"Juneteenth was never about partying, it was always about freedom."
"The reason we should celebrate Juneteenth is because it marked an actual shift in American history."
"June teens isn't that it celebrates the anniversary of freeing enslaved people."
"Juneteenth is a mark of how far America came in abolishing slavery and yet it is treated as a sign of how far America did not come in doing anything."
"Juneteenth represents a day of struggle, a day of resistance, a recognition that the freedoms promised were just unfulfilled promises."
"Juneteenth presents the Emancipation Proclamation as the thing that ended slavery, when we know it was just a wartime document."
"Celebrate Juneteenth instead of the Fourth of July."
"Tomorrow is Juneteenth, and we're going to celebrate accordingly."
"Juneteenth is a moment to commemorate and remember the resilience of our people."
"Juneteenth is a time of Jubilee but also a time of introspection and critique."
"Juneteenth celebrates freedom for everyone and is worthy of a national holiday."
"Happy Juneteenth everybody! I think it's so important. If you don't know what Juneteenth is, log off of here right now and go google it."
"Juneteenth is about unity, not segregation. Let's always remember that."
"Juneteenth is that holiday that encompasses it all. If you don't fight for freedom, if you don't continue to make certain that your children understand what it is to be free and to fight fully, then you will lose."
"Juneteenth it's ours and guess what it is ours."
"Contemplating freedom on Juneteenth, absolutely appropriate, absolutely essential."
"Juneteenth was everything. Okay, fine, the holiday that everybody, the time, the tradition that we just learned about last year is upon us again."
"We're telling everybody to honor Juneteenth, let's just tone it down for 24 hours and see what we can do."
"Juneteenth is not a diverse holiday. It's about African-American independence."
"Juneteenth was never about one thing, it was a collective."
"It surely would have gone unmarked had it not been for those former slaves who were under that balcony on June 18th, 1865 and who kindled that flame and kept it alive."
"Juneteenth is a potent reminder of the enduring strength of black people in finding and in celebrating our joy and our history despite the continued trauma we experience."
"Honestly, I want to celebrate Juneteenth from now on."
"Happy Juneteenth Day to all the Black Americans. The ones who were slaves and built this country. Y'all deserve everything."
"Juneteenth is one of them and somebody in my comments was like 'oh, so should black people get Veterans Day off?' Yes, of course they should."
"Freedom finally came on June 19, 1865, when some 2000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas."
"So I'm back home, we're having a Juneteenth barbecue and I observed a negro phenomenon."
"It's because it's Juneteenth and no one's working. Whoa, is it Juneteenth? So, only people that don't [__] work are too ignorant to run the system. Is that who's doing this?"
"Juneteenth is actual independence day."
"Juneteenth is about freedom, unity, and community."
"What is Juneteenth? So Juneteenth marks the true beginning of the end of slavery in the United States."
"Juneteenth is very special to me."
"...because Juneteenth is effectively America's second Independence Day, the holiday is also known as Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day, and Emancipation Day."
"Juneteenth is my favorite Independence Day."
"If Juneteenth is the official day when all Americans were free... it's something that all Americans should be celebrating."
"Happy Juneteenth to everyone out there."
"I'm more excited about Juneteenth than about Fourth of July, to be honest with you."
"What is this Juneteenth? Oh wow, so we educate ourselves. That is, and we like it, and we say this should have been a holiday decades ago."
"I wish you all on Sunday a happy Juneteenth."
"Happy Juneteenth to everyone celebrating."
"Black people were already celebrating Juneteenth for years and years and years."
"We must continue to celebrate Juneteenth as an African holiday in America, and it must be exclusively African."
"Juneteenth celebrates African Americans' freedom from slavery."
"You are the Juneteenth legacy and the key to our bright future."
"Even though Juneteenth started a long time ago, it's still important to celebrate and know that you are a key in making your community change and grow."
"It's all leading up to the holiday on Monday which honors the announcement of the end to slavery in the United States."
"...we're celebrating Juneteenth today which was two years after the emancipation of black African slaves here in the States."
"Happy Juneteenth to all my brothers and sisters out there."
"Juneteenth celebrates the day when all black Americans were declared to be free from slavery."
"Juneteenth serves as a reminder of the progress made in the fight against racial injustice and discrimination."
"Happy Juneteenth, happy day today, everybody, absolutely."
"For Juneteenth in New York City, there's so much going on."
"Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States for all Americans."
"This is the semblance of when the Texas slaves finally got their freedom and everybody was free, you know, Juneteenth."
"Now we just celebrated Juneteenth; it's a national holiday, it's on the calendar now, and it's beautiful."
"Juneteenth originated in what U.S state? Texas."
"Happy Juneteenth everybody, it is Juneteenth."
"Juneteenth is a celebration of when a union general went into Texas and brought the Emancipation Proclamation into Texas, effectively freeing the last enslaved people in this country."
"Happy Juneteenth to everybody, this is the day that our people became free."
"Juneteenth is the celebration of the end of slavery."
"Everybody should celebrate Juneteenth."
"Happy Juneteenth coming up tomorrow."
"Celebrate and remember ancestors who stay in our souls forever this Juneteenth day."