Addy and I Wish You a Happy Juneteeth!

Addy and I Wish You a Happy Juneteeth!

Addy Walker was my first really nice doll whose brown face resembled mine. She was a Christmas gift to me when I was seven after I completed reading her collection of books.

My mom thought I was old enough to appreciate the doll and the history that I would be learning as read her (and my story). Addy’s story of escaping slavery is one that seems appropriate to remember today.

Juneneeth (June 19th, 1865) is the day Union troops came to Galveston, Texas and spread the word that the Civil War had ended and the slaves were in fact free– 2 years after President Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

Addy and I go way back. Not only was she part of a reading routine with my mother and I use to have, I used to be her in local American Girl fashion shows.

I feel so old! When I was on the American Girl website, I noticed that not only do they not carry the dress or desk that my Addy has, but they no longer sell Felicity (she grew up in Colonial Virginia in the 1700s), Kirsten (she was a pioneer in Minnesota in 1854), or Samantha (she grew up in the 1904, and had the best clothes!)

I can’t be the only one who grew up obsessed with American Girl dolls right? People are always surprised when I tell them I was never a Barbie girl.  It was Felicity, Josefina, Addy, Samatha, Molly and a Girl Of Today who I dressed and did they hair like they were little women. I can’t bear to part with them yet so they are tucked away in a closet.

I still want to go have tea at American Girl Place, is that sad.

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