| Last week’s curation at RealClear’s American Civics portal starts off with Robert Maranto’s op-ed that argues that all Americans -- both liberals and conservatives -- should celebrate Juneteenth. In fact, Maranto proposes that “Juneteenth should … join July Fourth, Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day, and a new holiday, Fall of the Berlin Wall (FBW) Day on November 9, as one of America’s four Freedom Days.” He argues that celebrating Juneteenth, the day that the last slaves in Texas were told that they were free, counters elite movements such as the 1619 Project that instead look to denigrate America. Maranto says that these common arguments from those groups “resemble Confederate apologists who a century ago created the Lost Cause Myth justifying slavery, as if thousands of African Americans had fled south to enjoy slavery, rather than north to escape it.” Altogether, he concludes by noting that these Four Freedom Days “would counter both authoritarian and Marxist efforts to pervert the meaning of America. Restoring the paradigm that America means freedom would truly make America great again.” At American Greatness, Mackubin Owens gives an extended overview of what Americans should be celebrating on July Fourth: “the Declaration of Independence and the creation of a nation based on a universal idea,” the equality of all people in their right not to be ruled without their consent. As Owens writes, “the Declaration of Independence maintains that nature, including human nature, is accessible to human reason, which can ascertain our natural rights. To secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” The Declaration therefore sets the philosophical foundation of our constitutional republic, and the “architecture for implementing that political philosophy is the Constitution.” Paraphrasing Abraham Lincoln’s invocation of Proverbs 25:11, “the ‘apple of gold’ is the Declaration,” and the ‘picture of silver’ is the Constitution, the latter existing “to ‘adorn and preserve’ the former.” Original Posts Robert Maranto, RealClearAmericanCivics “No, no, 1,000 times no,” said a prominent conservative intellectual when I asked if he celebrated Juneteenth, the new national holiday commemorating when the last slaves in a remote... In the News Holland Cotter, New York Times John Bridgeland & Louise Dubé, Cincinnati Enquirer Kristen A. Graham, Philadelphia Inquirer Scot Faulkner, Constituting America James Freeman, WSJ Lucas Deprile, Cleveland.com Patrick M. Garry, Constituting America Chris Stirewalt, The Dispatch Bethany Mandel, Spectator Adam Carrington, Constituting America Chris Vognar, LA Times Thomas Berry, RealClearPolicy Frances Floresca, The Lion Lauren Cristella, Billy Penn Mackubin Owens, American Greatness Anchoring Truths Prof. Mark David Hall, JWI Affiliated Scholar and Professor at George Fox University, joins host Garrett Snedeker... Little Patriots The "Patriot of the Week" series features short info-videos about the patriots who have shaped our country... First Coast News Juneteenth became a federal holiday when President Joe Biden signed it into legislation on June 17, 2021... Carl Cannon's Great American Stories Good morning, it's Friday June 23, and the day of the week I pass along elucidating quotations relating to American ... It was on this date in 1948 that a TV show called "Toast of the Town" debuted on CBS. Its ... It's Friday June 9, the day of the week I pass along a quotation intended to be enlightening or uplifting. ... | 