With another sunny day and highs around 28 C, things are starting to look like summer in the Okanagan and Shuswap.
Fun Fact of the day:
Today is Juneteenth, a holiday in celebration of the day in 1865 when all enslaved black people learned they had been freed from slavery. In 2020, the holiday has taken on a whole new level of importance, invigorated by the calls against police brutality and systemic racism heard around the world in the wake of George Floyd鈥檚 death on May 25.
The 1965 date is largely symbolic, as the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln had legally freed slaves in Texas about two and a half years earlier.
Celebrations typically typically include readings of the Emancipation Proclamation, singing traditional songs such as 鈥淟ift Every Voice and Sing, and reading works by acclaimed African-American writers such as James Baldwin and Maya Angelou.
Juneteenth is recognized as a state holiday or special day of observance in 49 of the 50 states in the U.S. This is a relatively recent development, as Texas was the first to do so in 1980.
Juneteenth: A day of joy and pain 鈥� and now national action https://t.co/jF0tTVQU9D
鈥� Vernon Morning Star (@VernonNews) June 19, 2020
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In case you missed it:
A volunteer fire department in Haida Gwaii fell prey to fraudsters last month, to the tune of nearly $100,000. The department is unsure if the funds can be recovered. According to the department, a deposit was successfully made to a bank account associated with Rocky Mountain Phoenix, the company supplying a used fire truck.
Haida Gwaii firefighters accidentally send $100K to fraudsters in elaborate scheme https://t.co/0E44J01qEO
鈥� Vernon Morning Star (@VernonNews) June 18, 2020
Video of the day:
And now, a moment of kindness courtesy of Twitter user Tom Hall.
馃寛Kindness Flashback:
鈥� Tom Hall 鈽� (@TomHall) June 19, 2020
8yr-old Maurice Adams
stops to help an elderly woman up a flight of stairs.
Amazing Random Act of Kindness.
Great Kid 鈥� Great Parents!
馃寛#Hero #FridayFeeling pic.twitter.com/rfSqf0Nrci
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