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The Westside Gazette1h
Black Soldiers to Be Celebrated at African American Civil War Memorial on Juneteenth June 19th to begin steps toward grand opening of new museum
Juneteenth, the June 19th federal holiday that commemorates the end of America’s slavocracy and celebrates freedom for ...
Black Enterprise25d
7 Sites That Pay Homage To Black Military Soldiers On Memorial Day
African American Civil War Memorial and Museum If you’re in Washington, D.C., don’t miss the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum at 1925 Vermont Ave NW. It’s open all year ...
Mental Floss1mon
11 Lesser-Known War Memorials
The African American Civil War Memorial // Washington, D.C. The African American Civil War Memorial. | angela n., Flickr // CC BY 2.0 ...
ABC News2mon
Black Civil War soldiers to be honored with 7-foot bronze monument
Having previously collaborated on African American public sculptures ... placement of a historically accurate Civil War tribute. Since the Veteran’s Memorial Park in Rocky Mount lacked space ...
The Telegraph12mon
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
Associated Press reporter Darren Sands, right, reads the names of United States Colored Troops regimental soldiers, including his great-great-great-great grandfather Hewlett Sands, at the African ...
Orange County Register12mon
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
My great-great-great-great grandfather Hewlett Sands, born into slavery in Oyster Bay, New York in 1820, was one of the more than 200,000 names listed on the African American Civil War Memorial in ...