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Harriet Tubman Just Became a One-Star General, More Than 150 Years After Serving With the Union Army
Harriet Tubman has been posthumously recognized as a one-star brigadier general in Maryland’s National Guard. At a ceremony ...
The remains of 28 Civil War soldiers were found in a funeral home's storage. They've now been laid to rest.
The simple copper and cardboard urns gathering dust on shelves only had the name of each of the 28 soldiers — but nothing ...
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A Monument of Change: Vivian Sims’ Tribute to Black Soldiers in the Klan’s Birthplace
Vivian Sims holds the arm of the Black Union Soldier bronze statue that is half of the Resurrection of Valor Monument that ...
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The Remains Of 28 Civil War Veterans Were Found At A Seattle Funeral Home
The cremated remains of 28 Civil War veterans were recently discovered in storage facilities at a funeral home and cemetery ...
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Harriet Tubman Named A General By The Maryland National Guard Almost 160 Years After Her Contributions
Harriet Tubman was a spy, a nurse, an abolitionist and, most importantly, a military leader who guided Union soldiers during ...
On This Day, Nov. 11: Harding dedicates Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
On Nov. 11, 1921, U.S. President Warren Harding dedicated the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia ...
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Soldiers in Blue and Gray
The soldiers were young and inexperienced, most in their teens or early twenties. In the North, they were farmers and factory ...
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The remains of 28 Civil War soldiers were found in a funeral home's storage. They've now been laid to rest.
Still, that was enough for an organization dedicated to locating, identifying and interring the remains of unclaimed veterans to conclude over several years that they were all Union soldiers ...