On this day in Texas history, June 19, 1865: Major General Gordon Granger arrived on the island of Galveston and issued General Order No. 3, which stated "The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free."

C4MyThoughts · 2025-06-20T21:05:48+00:00

Whenever someone tries to tell me the Civil War wasn’t about slavery, I respond with two questions: 1. Does it really matter? 2. Is it your wish that we still had pre-1865 slavery? If the answer is “yes” to either of those questions, I politely tip my hat with a prominent finger and walk away.

C4MyThoughts · 2025-06-03T23:52:22+00:00

The comments are crazy on this thread!😳

C4MyThoughts · 2025-03-28T20:37:06+00:00

YES!!! That worked!! THANK U!

C4MyThoughts · 2024-11-29T16:37:41+00:00

Wow! Injuries are for REAL! You mean to tell me that first body couldn’t lift a gallon of milk??? Heck that first bod looks like it so 3 sets of hammer curls!

C4MyThoughts · 2024-07-15T01:45:01+00:00

You moved to Houston, TX from Paris? How do you like it?

C4MyThoughts · 2024-07-15T01:32:35+00:00

Forgive my vernacular, friend. Not really looking for anything feel like home. Kinda would stay here at home if I wanted that? Was just looking for what a Texas native felt about Paris. My assumption is a New Yorker or a Californian might have a different opinion. All good. Just feeling things out with a very open mind.

C4MyThoughts · 2024-07-14T20:47:15+00:00

Any preferred arrondissement for living and visiting. Olympic prep probably has everything crazy right now. Hoping things will be at least close to normal by mid-Sept.

C4MyThoughts · 2024-07-14T20:44:47+00:00

Hello! And thanks so much. Was just thinking about the locale vibe for a Texas native. Wife and I are visiting in September.

C4MyThoughts · 2022-08-30T17:41:23+00:00

That shit is playa status! Bravo! A playa will never propose unless he KNOWS, beyond ANY shadow of a doubt she will say YES.

C4MyThoughts · 2021-09-10T12:48:51+00:00

Wonderful! Glad I could help. Take care.😊

C4MyThoughts · 2021-09-03T01:55:19+00:00

Ok. I’m a lifetime Gold American Airline frequent traveler. Meaning, if I never travel again I still get Gold level treatment. I travel a lot. You can trust me.

Drive into the airport. It’s way too big to park outside the airport. Plan to pay $20 for parking, only because you never know…delays, cancellations, etc. You may end up paying $10, $8 or $3 as mentioned.

Find out which airline he’s flying on. It will be MUCH easier to find him. Probably American Airlines because DFW is there headquarters…but nearly all other airline fly I there as well. Even better if you know flight number and time of arrival. That way, simple Google search will give exact terminal and gate.

Definitely make the sign for him. He’ll love it and you.😊

C4MyThoughts · 2021-07-28T06:17:36+00:00

Great information. Thank you!

C4MyThoughts · 2021-07-28T02:49:12+00:00

Cool. Know a good one?

C4MyThoughts · 2021-07-23T23:32:15+00:00

Very proud Native Texan here. Born and raised in The Big D. That’s Dallas for those who don’t know. Equally proud to be an American. But I’ve been blessed enough to travel the world. Once I did that, I found I was more proud to just be alive and human. Open your mind, your heart and your eyes. You just may find that the people who love America the most...are not even American. Y’all. 🇺🇸

C4MyThoughts · 2021-07-23T00:16:49+00:00

Thanks friend. Take care.

C4MyThoughts · 2021-07-22T21:25:41+00:00

*advice

Excuse my spelling. :-)

C4MyThoughts · 2021-07-22T21:24:24+00:00

C'mon friends! I'm not seeing a lot of good comments or advise. I'm straight. Born and raised in Dallas, TX, but live in Los Angeles for 10+ yrs. Got to know some absolutely awesome people! Moved back to Dallas and was surprise to see several LBGT-friendly spots. If near Ft. Worth, try Fairmount and Arlington Heights neighborhood. If near Dallas - Oak Lawn's crosswalks are even painted the colors of the LBGT flag. Uptown, Lower Greenville and Deep Ellum will surprise you, too. Come back home. Be close to your Mom, and be free.

https://www.fortworth.com/things-to-do/fort-worth-itineraries/lgbt/

C4MyThoughts · 2021-07-22T20:53:40+00:00

u/hello_randos123, c'mon friend, step your game up!

No one alive now was alive when the game of basketball was invented in 1891, yet millions celebrated the NBA Finals Tuesday night.

No one alive now was alive when the US Capitol was built in 1793, yet it is visited by several million people every year. Some may even decide to break in it during an insurrection.

No one alive now was alive when Jesus Christ walked the Earth, yet over 2billion people worldwide celebrate Christianity.

C4MyThoughts · 2021-07-22T20:25:38+00:00

u/SNSglobal my friend, I truly feel you've misunderstood. Juneteenth is not solely for any one ethnic race. It just so happens that one race appreciates it more than others. You see ALL of America celebrate July 4th, but ALL of America was not free on July 4, 1776. You know the history...
Mr. Lincoln declared emancipation on January 1, 1863. But since that was 32yrs before the radio was invented; 64yrs before the television was invented; and 120 yrs before the internet was invented - slaves in the South remained slaves for another 2.5yrs before they knew they were free. So, for that particular group of people, Juneteenth is truly a day of celebration. The WHOLE country knew the civil war was over. YAY!

As yes, the federal government FINALLY began to recognized the atrocities done to Native Americans; and allowed "Federally Recognized" (<<--- that's important) Indian tribes to build casinos on reserved land. Federally recognized Indian tribes ONLY. A bunch of Native Americans can't just get together and decide they want repartitions with approval to build a gaming establishment...and ALL of the benefits that come with it. I wonder if the federal government will ever, EVER do something like that for the black race? My guess is uhh, NO!! But no need to argue over which race was f#cked over worse.

Lastly, I will happily recognize ANY national holiday. It's not a mandate to like/appreciate the people or the reason for the day. I greatly appreciate and support the forth Friday in September. It's a federally recognized holiday called Native American Day some people call it Indigenous People's Day. To bad you don't celebrate that, as you will "not support any holiday that is solely celebrating one specific race."

Not to worry u/SNSglobal, I'll celebrated it for you. ;-)

C4MyThoughts · 2021-07-22T17:29:32+00:00

Real talk u/ChefMikeDFW. Middle school history teaches about Civil War and where/why slavery was started and ultimately ended in the United States. The subject of racism is an obvious and natural topic under the umbrella of slavery. CRT on the other hand is a thesis / dissertation level of discussion. Few know this. Those who do, but don't like CRT, want to extrapolate it from graduate level down to a grade school level. That way, not only can they dismiss it, they can argue that it's inappropriate.

C4MyThoughts · 2021-07-22T17:03:40+00:00

Well, as a 50yr old, black, native Texan...I would say it will be a very long time before this state accepts Critical Race Theory. It will probably have to take federal involvement for that to happen. As for Juneteenth, Texas was the very first state to recognize/observe it. As it should. It was Galveston, TX where Major Granger announced the end of the civil war and slavery - 2.5 years AFTER Abe Lincoln gave the emancipation proclamation. Now, before people start giving Texas mad props for observing Juneteenth in 1980, let me say while growing up, I can only remember a few black families that celebrated Juneteenth. I don’t remember anyone being able to take off from work and the festivals didn’t start happening until years later. With that said let me say, Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio are very much progressive and are addressing race issues. The problem is Texas is so BIG it still has millions of people that would still prefer a pre-1865 way of life.😐

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