I stumbled across this particular “holiday” while researching why June 20th was a bank holiday. I was trying to schedule a bill payment online and choose June 20th as getting the payment to the utility just before the due date. The credit union’s website would not let me do it. When I looked closer at their scheduling calendar I discovered it was a bank holiday. A bank holiday in June… I don’t remember one of those. So I looked it up. Turns out Juneteenth is now a national holiday, and since it falls on Sunday this year, the banks are closed on Monday, June 20th.
Just in case you do not know, Juneteenth is:
“a holiday celebrated on 19 June to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the US. The holiday was first celebrated in Texas, where on that date in 1865, in the aftermath of the Civil War, slaves were declared free under the terms of the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation.”
But I also discovered that someone had designated June 20th as MY day, National Hike with a Geek Day. The blurb for this celebration reads:
“U.S. National Hike with a Geek Day is celebrated every year on June 20. The purpose of this day is to promote healthy activity in people who otherwise work in sedentary jobs throughout the year, such as I.T. professionals, accountants, and so forth.”
Bullseye… that is me right down to the hanging nail on my left big toe.
And so it goes.
So. . . .you did not want to mention that you know someone to whom you are related is an. . . . .accountant? What? Is this blog just about you?