Harriet Tubman posthumously named a general in Veterans Day ceremony
Dozens gathered on Veterans Day at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park in Maryland's Dorcester County for a ...
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How to watch new documentary ‘The American Soldier’ for free on History Channel
“The American Soldier” explores a history more than 250 years old and still in the making. From the early settlers and the ...
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New Jersey wildfire threatens historic village where iron was made for Revolutionary War, Civil War
New Jersey firefighters are working to protect homes and a historic landmark where iron for the country's first soldiers was ...
How Black Civil War Patriots Should Be Remembered This Veterans Day
O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...
Duty Calls: Retired Army colonel receives Military Heritage Award
Retired Army Col. Kevin Weddle, a historian and author, received the Friends of the New York State Military Museum’s inaugural Preserving Our Military Heritage Award during a ceremony at the museum at ...
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Revolutionary War veteran Asa Redington, one of Washington’s guards, receives rare honor in Waterville
Redington served in the Continental Army 1778-1783, in that time fighting in several battles against both Native Americans ...
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Veterans Day parade featured more than 62 organizations, 1,000 people
The organization’s members are descendants of soldiers who fought in or supported the colonies during the American ...