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Black Georgia veterans take ‘Honor Flight’ to D.C. in Juneteenth celebration of their service
WABE· 4 days agoElder said she believes that racial discrimination has lessened since her enlistment, but she knows...
Rock Island Arsenal honors members of Black regiment from Civil War in Juneteenth ceremony
Quad-City Times· 3 days agoMembers of the 108th United States Colored Troops Regiment were honored in a Juneteenth ceremony...
Juneteenth, 40 Acres and a Mule and Other Broken Promises to African Americans
The Root via Yahoo News· 4 days agoBlack veterans were harassed and killed for wearing their uniforms in public. Even government...
Juneteenth Has Gone Mainstream. Should Everyone Be Celebrating?
Capital B via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThis story was originally published in 2022 and has been updated. Juneteenth has been celebrated for...
Belle-Clair Fairgrounds was once site of Union Army camp during the Civil War
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 3 days agoLouis. The mob was angry about the capture of Confederate soldiers outside the city. The incident,...
Author Joe Gould | Army Times
Army Times· 5 days agoJoe Gould was the senior Pentagon reporter for Defense News, covering the intersection of national security policy, politics and the defense industry....
Before Juneteenth
The Atlantic· 6 days agoIn a quiet corner of a library at Mississippi State University, you’ll find a slim red volume that tells the story of what may be America’s first...
Opinion | What They Didn’t Teach Me in Philadelphia, Miss.
Mississippi Free Press· 2 days agoFlorence Mars, a white native of Philadelphia, Miss., wrote in 1977 that “society will act against...
Author Megan Eckstein | Navy Times
Navy Times· 7 days agoMegan Eckstein is the naval warfare reporter at Defense News. She has covered military news since 2009, with a focus on U.S. Navy and Marine Corps...
Author Jonathan Lehrfeld | Navy Times
Navy Times· 3 days agoJonathan is a staff writer and editor of the Early Bird Brief newsletter for Military Times. An amendment to the House version of the annual defense bill...
