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The Killeen City Council will meet at 5 p.m.Tuesday to vote on issues discussed at last week’s workshop session. Among the items is a resolution to fly the Juneteenth Flag at city hall from June 18-20, but only for this year. Juneteenth refers to June 19, a date that many Texas slaves learned of their freedom. President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation went into effect Jan. 1, 1863, but word did not get to Texas until June 19, 1865. Juneteenth is celebrated annually in Killeen, throughout Texas and other states. The item was originally discussed as an ordinance using official state holidays as a guide, which would allow the flag to be flown every year. Per City Attorney Traci Briggs that list includes all national holidays, as well as Confederate Heroes Day, Texas Independence Day, San Jacinto Day, Junteenth, LBJ Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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