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Saint Patrick’s Battalion: Why Irish-American Troops Defected to Mexico
The soldiers of Saint Patrick’s Battalion are regarded as national heroes in Mexico and Ireland. M arch 17 is, of course, St.
Resurrecting the forgotten history of the first enslaved Africans in America
Before 1619, enslaved landed in Florida. In 1738, their descendants founded the country’s first free Black settlement, Fort ...
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Speaker shares glimpse of Civil War soldier’s life through letters
Ken Spurgeon, assistant professor of history at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, presented the Friends of Frontier Army ...
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Fort Riley dumps old social media posts in response to executive order, DoD instruction
Fort Riley announced in a social media post on Friday, Feb. 28 that it is removing and altering some of its past posts on social media this week in response to an instruction delivered by the ...
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Fort Irwin helps World War II Vet celebrate 100th birthday
Fort Irwin, Calif. – World War II Army Veteran, Fred Rarick received early birthday well-wishes ahead of his 100th birthday which he’ll celebrate on 28 February. The NTC and Fort Irwin Command ...
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Get to know the Black pioneers who helped shape Leon County Schools
Opened in 1869 by the Freedmen's Bureau, a government agency tasked with post-Civil War recovery efforts and assisting former ...
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Get to know the Black pioneers who helped shape Leon County Schools
Opened in 1869 by the Freedmen's Bureau, a government agency tasked with post-Civil War recovery efforts and ... city's education arenas. John G. Riley was one of the most prominent principals ...