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Jacksonville Journal-Courier on MSN8h
30 Black Civil War veterans added to downtown monument
A single black plaque featuring two rows of 15 names has been added to the Civil War memorial on the downtown Jacksonville square. Those named were Black soldiers from Jacksonville who fought for the ...
Dorchester Reporter19h
Mt. Hope Cemetery ceremony lays out Juneteenth’s place in the history of Black liberation
The evening ceremony was held at the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) plot sponsored by the William E. Carter American Legion Post #16, the Massachusetts Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and ...
AllAfrica on MSN1h
Victims of Kpotomai Massacre Memorialized
In a solemn and emotional ceremony, the people of Lofa County graced the dedication of a newly constructed memorial site in honor of 35 victims who were allegedly brutally massacred by ULIMO-K rebels ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN20h
See the Artworks That Explore the Forgotten History of Harriet Tubman’s Civil War Triumphs
Tubman's 1863 raid, which destroyed seven plantations along the Combahee River in South Carolina and freed 756 enslaved ...