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 ...
Medal of Honor recipient depicted in movie ‘Glory’ erased from Pentagon website
Denzel Washington reenacted the heroics of Sgt. William Carney in the movie "Glory." The Pentagon removed a story about him ...
Defense Department wipes ‘Glory’ Civil War hero from website
The Defense Department efforts to purge DEI content from its website led to the deletion of a page about Black Civil War hero ...
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Civil War Veteran Reburied with Honors at Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery
Nicholas Waters, who served in the United States Colored Troops during the Civil War, was originally buried in Tyaskin in 1911. However, his family recently had his remains relocated to ...
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 ...
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‘They chose to serve’: United States Colored Troops members honored at City Cemetery
during which local United States Colored Troops (USCT) members were honored for their service and sacrifices during the Civil War era. The ceremony was one of two events held in the city on ...
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‘Rich American history’: L.A. Filmmaker debuts short film about Rock Island Arsenal Prison
As some information about Black veterans disappears from military websites, Rock Island-native and Los Angeles filmmaker Joy ...