Can't relate to it...
I never could. I always worked on this day before entering the corp world.
I cannot celebrate something that even my grandmother/grandfather were told did not belong to them by THEIR own grandparents, who more than likely were slaves or a 1st generation removed from it.
It's meaningless to me personally, but, I do reflect on those African-Americans of past who fought bravely for this entire country regardless of race and then upon their return, they find that folx of non-color in this country still thought they were inferior, subpar, unequal, lower, ... .