Housekeeping: We're Off Monday to Honor Juneteenth

Tim Healey
by Tim Healey

Our corporate overlords have declared Juneteenth a holiday, and so it be declared that we, too, will be taking the day off.

Juneteenth was recognized as a federal holiday in 2021 — and long-time readers will remember we took it off in 2020. Our parent company skipped it in 2021, but it’s back on the calendar.

The holiday celebrates the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans and African-American culture more generally.

As for us, we’ll be back Tuesday — if you’re ready for Corey’s next part in the Lamborghini series, look for it mid-morning.

I’m aware race can be a fraught issue (it shouldn’t be, but that’s not the world we live in) so please play nice in the comments. Racist and bigoted comments will get the banhammer.

See you Tuesday.

[Image: scoutori/Shutterstock]

Tim Healey
Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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  • Lou_BC Lou_BC on Jun 20, 2022

    Oh my....

  • AK AK on Jun 20, 2022

    Good job having comments turned on for this one. Real smart.

  • Jkross22 Jkross22 on Jun 20, 2022

    Imagine that moment. Probably tremendous confusion, fear, relief for some and terror for others. No electricity/phones/cars, spotty newspaper coverage, illiteracy.... can't imagine the overwhelming bewilderment that must have taken place.

  • TDIGuy TDIGuy on Jun 22, 2022

    Nice pictures, but what's that beside the Corvair? I thought it was an old two-door Blazer, but the wheel arches are wrong?

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