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Juneteenth flag-raising kicks off a week's worth of events in Killeen

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Juneteenth flag-raising kicks off a week's worth of events in Killeen

Juneteenth flag-raising kicks off a week's worth of events in Killeen

June 19th, 1865 or Juneteenth marks the day when enslaved Africans in Galveston were notified, they were free.

That day now a federal holiday as of Thursday.


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