BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//InvisionCommunity Events 4.7.23//EN METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN REFRESH-INTERVAL:PT15M X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT15M X-WR-CALNAME:RMWorkCalendar NAME:RMWorkCalendar BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Juneteenth GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T105001Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:338-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":troy@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n Juneteenth is July 19th \, a day celebrated as the d ay when all black people in the usa knew that the slave system had been destroyed\, not legally abolished\, which is the 13th amendment.  State t ext or graphics depicting Juneteenth to you.  \n \n\n\n\n \n https://aa lbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-juneteenth-art-or-text-craft-parade-good-news-b log/?do=findComment&\;comment=908  \n \n\n\n\n Juneteenth books liste d on AALBC thanks @Troy\n\n\n\n [ https://aalbc.com/books/category.php?nam e=Juneteenth ] \n\n\n\n Juneteenth Poetry\n\n\n\n [ https://aalbc.com/tc /events/event/359-the-freemans-complaint-a-late-response-to-the-slaves-com plaint-06192025/ ]\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n A twenty something female is playing GloboVans\, trying to r each the upper percentile users in life viewers. Her grandparents see her and chant in unison: “Put that game down Karema\, we want to spend time with you”.  \n\n “I can’t you two\, I am still on the clock”: Ka rema reply\, linking the television in her room to the computer screen\, d isplaying her Juneteenth town built for her life viewers to watch her avat ar\, where various firms can advertise or sell products inside.\n\n  \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n “come on Nicodemus”: say Karema’s grandmother. The two elders smile and go toward the door.  \n\n “Wait”: say Karem a\, can you two come back with some family photos about Juneteenth. “O k K”: reply the grandmother.  \n\n …\n\n “Ok everyone in the Kver se\, we have two new members of the village\, Nico and Eucy\, here to expl ain these photos” Nicodemus and Euclaire sit with two cameras in front o f them\, a screen behind the camera offering their visualization. Karema s peak offline: “ok guys\, just tell the stories\, to the members\, like w e talked about”\n\n Karema’s grandparents nod their heads and begin. Euclaire start off.\n\n “The following photo was taken in 1900..”. Th e number of residents grew by one thousand.\n\n  \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Euclaire continue: “The woman with white hair was named Sister May\, sh e led the local church of freeville texas\, near the border of Louisiana. The woman on her right was Jude\, she was married to Robert Six Pistols\, the legendary gun fighter who defeated the Bones of Davis gang that terror ized black towns from Wyoming to Missouri\, The man behind sister May wa s…”\n\n “Jacob Farmer\, the last original cowboy”\n\n “yes\, t hank you my love\, and next to him with the cane was Ol’ barrel Williams \, he was involved with Sherman’s march\, and the one farthest left was Youn’ Boulder Williams\, they say he made reconnaissance trips in the co nfederacy\, but he never told anyone\, it all came as hearsay from friends around drink\, the last was my great grandfather\, Toby Tim\, the master of the Coon can\, my grandfather would only play Conquian because of him. He always sang\, whenever family time was… many tried to be the best\, f rom northern Virginia to southern Texas\, many came on road or followed th e blues\, to seek out Toby Tim and the crown he used. Not made of gold or very old\, but pure white with a black soul\, many a man or wo-man thought the crown will be theirs but didn’t comprehend the first lesson\, the c oon plays the can\, but the king knows conquian\, all hail”\n\n Euclair e and Nicodemus say in unison:“ Toby Tim!”: and they laugh. The number of residents grew by two thousand\, shares by ten thousand.  \n\n Eucla ire continue: “Some of you may wonder where is Toby Tim’s hat these da ys\, well\, I can tell you\, but you have to play a hand of conquian with me to make me”: and Euclaire stop.\n\n Nicodemus begin: “the followin g photo was taken in 1905\, actually near where I lived as a baby in 202 0”. The number of residents grew by eight hundred.\n\n  \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n  \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Nicodemus continue: “if you look at the trolley you will some men in white there\, in the mix they faced a lad y was present\, that lady was my great grandmother. Her name was Ludmilla L'Aventure. She owned the store in the center\, of the dark colored buildi ng. She actually met Frederick Douglass in 1887\, we still have the ledger to prove it\, and he wanted a special dress made with a mocha boned shoul der strap bodice over the hips\, and a red white and blue threadcount tart an dress with thirty eight ruffles around the dress with red white and blu e threadcount tartan pattern but larger values hemlined just over the floo r\, if enough of you want I will share the photo with you later” . Two t housand shares are made.\n \n\n \n Nicodemus continue:“ My great grandm other\, even met King T.T. \, after he defeated a man by the name of Sally the rough\, Lady L'aventure sewed a mulberry silk rim but you have to pla y with my wife for more” The number of residents grew by three thousand and Nicodemus end.\n\n Euclaire look to Karema and Karema make gestures a nd Euclaire begin:“ We will share the following photo with you all for a post Juneteenth quest”\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Euclaire continue: “We happen to know the two women in the carriage but we will like all of you t o do research and find them for us. Whomever succeeds after placing their findings in the mail box will receive a thousand credits to use anywhere\, in any village in GloboVans courtesy of Kverse’s mayor\, QueenK! ”\n\ n Euclaire end and Karema begin the next phase of her online activity. Ni codemus and Euclaire look to each other and smile. They wave to Karema as they exit her room.\n\n …\n\n After supper\, everyone in the house hol d\, Euclaire\, Nicodemus\, Jonas their son\, Lukwana Jonas’s wife\, Kari m Lukwana’s father\, oleone Lukwana’s mother\, Karema the daughter of Jonas plus Lukwana\, her little brother Nat adopted at ten and now twelve\ , all cleaned the kitchen and enjoyed the parlor. Karema went next to her grandparents playing Cubecule and showed them a video.\n\n  \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Euclaire erupted in laughter.  \n\n “Can you still do the dance grandma?”\n\n “That little girl is long gone”\n\n Nicodemus lean over in a public whisper: “she still can”\n\n “Nicodemus Charl es Lattimer shame! ”  \n\n Nicodemus smile and lean back.  \n\n “P lease grandma”\n\n “No\, no way… well\, don’t give me that face … alright\, if Nicodemus can defeat me in the game of Cubecule\, I will do it”\n\n  \n\n I hope you enjoyed the story\n \n\n \n …If you en joyed this tale check out the others utilizing the links below\n\n Bookbu b\n\n https://www.bookbub.com/profile/richard-murray-16885e64-6c28-459e-b f5f-45c7d458ce49\n\n AALBC\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/blog/29-richar d-murray-hearth/\n\n Poetry or More Audiobook\n\n https://www.kobo.com/u s/en/search?query=Poetry%20or%20More&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;series Id=06baba96-5af5-5d24-9b8a-f06360287dc9\n\n Visasiki Audiobook\n\n https ://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Visasiki%20Series&\;fcsearchfield=Se ries&\;seriesId=965aea81-4e13-53fe-8bc8-22fcb6d28a39\n\n Short Story C ollection\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Richard%20Murray%20 Short%20Story%20Collection&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;seriesId=014c67c 4-d29d-584e-ada0-62c0fa015714\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250619 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR