This is historical material “frozen in time”. The website is no longer updated and links to external websites and some internal pages may not work.
We the people ask the federal government to Take or explain a position on an issue or policy:

Make December 6th a national holiday - In commemoration of the 13th Amendment being ratified.

Created by C.H. on June 06, 2016

On December 6th, 1865 the 13th Amendment was ratified.

This Amendment, as you all probably know, ended slavery.

This holiday should be named in such a way to express the freedoms of the occasion, and not remind us of the horrors it had to end. An example of a name that I believe sounds both strong for it's meaning in the past as well as holding true for our current day in history is the following:

National Freedom Day

Civil Rights & Equality
Education
Return to top