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WWII Veteran Is Also The Only Living Son Of A Civil War Soldier
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 5 days agoServing in the military is a family tradition for William Pool. The 99-year-old veteran fought at...
African American veterans from Atlanta honored with Juneteenth Pilgrimage to national monuments
WAGA fox local articles via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe group visited national war memorials built to commemorate their service in Washington,...
93-year-old veteran remembers celebrating Juneteenth
KLFY Lafayette via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHe explained “It’s important that we recognize several things. Number one is that President Lincoln initially wanted to free slaves, but his hands were...
House Passes Bill To Automatically Register Young Men for the Draft
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe other, unspoken effect would be removing young men's choice to engage in civil disobedience. The...
Black veterans take 'honor flight' to Washington monuments to celebrate Juneteenth
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 days ago"Even though I was stationed in that area, I've never seen the changing of the guard," she said....
First Juneteenth Honor Flight brings Black veterans to visit DC memorials
WUSA 9 Washington, D.C.· 3 days agoThe American heroes will visit the World War II Memorial, Korean War Memorial, Vietnam Veterans...
Belle-Clair Fairgrounds was once site of Union Army camp during the Civil War
Belleville News-Democrat· 2 days agoVeterans from the War of 1812 to the Civil War came to hear generals William Sherman, Philip...
Is the Partisan Divide Too Big to Be Bridged?
New York Times· 5 days agoMr. Clay, 47, had a side project chronicling Kentucky’s Black Civil War veterans. Ms. Bishop, 34, during quiet hours alone studying the ...
A Juneteenth history lesson, remembrance at Civil War soldier's grave site in Riverhead
Newsday· 6 days agoAmid a bloody Civil War in which the freedom of millions of enslaved people likely hung in the...
Swedish court acquits former Syrian army general accused of role in war crimes
WTRF Wheeling· 2 days agoCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Swedish court on Thursday acquitted a former Syrian army general accused of playing a role in war crimes in his home country more than a decade ago. Brig. Gen. Mohammed…