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Black soldiers helped save the Union during the Civil War. They will be honored June 21.
Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. They will be honored June 21 as the ...
African American Civil War Museum honors the Black soldiers who ended the Civil War on Juneteenth
The African American Civil War Museum in D.C. marked Juneteenth with a celebration to honor the estimated 6,000 Black ...
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Sons of Union Veterans pay tribute at Westmoreland's last Civil War veteran gravesite
Representatives of the Sons of Union Veterans, the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Irwin-based Blue and Gray Brigade Civil War reenactment group gathered at Irwin’s Union ...
Raleigh honors Black Civil War soldiers with Juneteenth tribute at National Cemetery
On Juneteenth, Raleigh pays tribute to the often-overlooked U.S. Colored Troops who played a pivotal role in the Union's ...
Pennsylvania museum ensuring thousands of Black Civil War soldiers' legacies not forgotten
At the Camp William Penn Museum in Cheltenham, thousands of Black Civil War soldiers are remembered for their contributions ...
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Civil War veterans receive headstones at Glendale Cemetery
BUT NOW HERE AT REST UNDER THE BLUE SKIES OF HEAVEN. THE NAMES OF THESE UNION CIVIL WAR VETERANS ARE FOREVER INSCRIBED IN GRANITE HEADSTONES BY THE VA. THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF THE SONS OF UNION ...