By — Laura Santhanam Laura Santhanam Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/watch-live-juneteenth-reading-of-emancipation-proclamation-in-galveston-texas Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter WATCH: Juneteenth reading of Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, Texas Nation Jun 19, 2020 11:35 AM EST Officials in Galveston, Texas, read the Emancipation Proclamation to celebrate Juneteenth. Watch the reading stream live in the video player above. Juneteenth is observed on June 19 to commemorate the day in 1865 when Union military officials arrived in Galveston, Texas and let the enslaved people know they had been freed. The Emancipation Proclamation had been signed two years earlier, but news traveled slowly and was withheld from slaves. By — Laura Santhanam Laura Santhanam Laura Santhanam is the Health Reporter and Coordinating Producer for Polling for the PBS NewsHour, where she has also worked as the Data Producer. Follow @LauraSanthanam @LauraSanthanam
Officials in Galveston, Texas, read the Emancipation Proclamation to celebrate Juneteenth. Watch the reading stream live in the video player above. Juneteenth is observed on June 19 to commemorate the day in 1865 when Union military officials arrived in Galveston, Texas and let the enslaved people know they had been freed. The Emancipation Proclamation had been signed two years earlier, but news traveled slowly and was withheld from slaves.