Shouldn't there be a 13th Amendment holiday?

[Delta4Embassy]

"The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. In Congress, it was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on January 31, 1865. The amendment was ratified by the required number of states on December 6, 1865. On December 18, 1865, Secretary of State William H. Seward proclaimed its adoption."

National Freedom Day is an observance, not a formal holiday where you get a day off and things are clsoed. Plus it only marks the day Lincoln "freed the slaves." Not when the government actually did as above.

There should be a formal holiday (schools closed, federal institutions closed, day off work, etc.) to commemorate when the government really and truly banned slavery. As with Dec. 18th.

 

[Shikica]

If people (and by people I mean the general mass population) start putting america's racist policies of the past (not that there aren't any now) in historical context then the government will be shamed every single year and the hate america receives in certain parts of the world would start to be realized as justified, which goes against how the government wants us to view things.