These national park trails were created by America’s first Black soldiers
Follow in the footsteps of the Buffalo Soldiers, who guarded parks and created trails in Yosemite, Sequoia, and Hawai’i ...
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1,772 Black servicemen who died in WWI were ignored in South Africa. At last they are being honored
We will remember them.” When her speech ended, a lone soldier played “The Last Post” on his bugle to commemorate the Black servicemen as war dead, 106 years, two months and 11 days after the ...
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Bill to Honor Civil War’s Black Soldiers Reintroduced, Coinciding with Black History Month
The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 Black soldiers who fought to ...
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum Features Buffalo Soldier Who Sparked Civil Rights Movements in the City
The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum (CSPM) has a black exhibition featuring black figures, including Charles Banks, a ...
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Black Civil War soldiers massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky, remembered 160 years later
SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for the Union were massacred in Simpsonville, Kentucky. A snow-covered stretch of ...
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Fallen Black South African Soldiers From World War I Finally Remembered
Zwelethu’s great-grandfather was part of the Labour Corps during WWI. He says he is proud that his great-grandfather ... including the role of black soldiers. As a young person, the memorial is ...
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After 106 years, Black South African WWI troops honored with memorial
In a Cape Town memorial opened Wednesday, African "iroko" hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death of 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combatant roles in WWI.
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Exeter marker honors Black Revolutionary War soldiers from NH
AND THE BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL TO RESEARCH AND SHED LIGHT ON THE 12 BLACK REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO CALLED EXETER HOME AFTER THE WAR. AT THE TIME, EXETER WAS THE CAPITAL OF ...
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South Africa: Fallen Black South African Soldiers From World War I Finally Remembered
Zwelethu's great-grandfather was part of the Labour Corps during WWI. He says he is proud that ... including the role of black soldiers. As a young person, the memorial is important.
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New marker in Exeter honors Black Revolutionary War soldiers
AND THE BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL TO RESEARCH AND SHED LIGHT ON THE 12 BLACK REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO CALLED EXETER HOME AFTER THE WAR. AT THE TIME, EXETER WAS THE CAPITAL OF ...