Black Civil War soldiers to be honored with 7-foot bronze monument
Seventy Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War will be memorialized in a monument planned for Rocky Mount ...
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Stealing valor from Black soldiers, families
The military is not just a chapter in my life. It’s my bloodline, my inheritance, and my foundation. My father, Floyd McAfee, was a career Army officer. My uncles fought in World War II. My younger ...
Unsung story of Civil War’s 1st Black soldiers from Sea Islands to be told at Beaufort park
An effort is afoot to tell the story of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers in a six-acre park between Boundary Street and ...
The story of a Black Revolutionary War hero who took on an entire British platoon lives on
The role of Billy Flora, a free Black man, in this pivotal victory — and the erosion later of rights — show a paradox of the ...
NATO clarifies statement on missing soldiers: ‘The search is ongoing’
NATO seemingly walked back comments from its chief that suggested four U.S. soldiers who went missing while training in ...
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Unsung story of Civil War’s 1st Black soldiers from Sea Islands to be told at Beaufort park
Karl Puckett [email protected] The memorial highlighting the area’s Black Civil War soldiers is planned for a prominent gateway on Boundary Street in a city where generations of Black ...