"Is Juneteenth even a real holiday? What is it even? It sounds made up."
Have you found yourself asking these questions? Maybe in private? With a group of other people who agreed and didn't know much about it? What if I tell you that you don't need to know much about it to celebrate and give people the time and space to make the most of it? Every holiday is made up. This might shock you, but even calendars are made up.
But just because something is made up, it doesn't mean it isn't significant to someone else. Traveling from country to country, you might just find yourself where your most important holiday doesn't even register in people's mind. A holiday is significant when people want to gather and celebrate it.
Now that we got that out of the way, Happy Juneteenth.