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Black slaves, known as Ma-roons, escaped to live among the Seminole Indians of Flori-da. They had their own settle-ment within the tribe and fought in the Seminole War.

KITAUNA PARKER

Born into slavery on August 6, 1848. At age 14 she became the first recognized Black army nurse; teaching illiterate soldiers to read & write in the Civil War.

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SEMINOLE FREEDMEN

REGINALD PINCKLEY

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UNSUNG BLACK

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Strand Theatre Gallery

Martin J. Walsh, Mayor Kenneth Brissette, Director

Mayor’s Office of Tourism, Sports and Entertainment

August 14 - November 14

The all Black 54th Massachu-setts Regiment’s bravery inspired 180,000 blacks to enlist in the Civil War - con-tributing to the creation of the United States of America.

Artist

JEROME SHELTON

54TH INFANTRY

WILTON TEJEDA

The 1st Lieutenant, born Valentines Day 1861 was a Buffalo Soldier during the Apache Wars. A Medal of Honor for valor in combat was bestowed at the Cherry Creek Campaign.

Artist

The moniker was given to the soldiers by their Native American opponents due to their color and fierce fighting. Active from 1866-1951, they were established by Congress as the first peacetime “all Black “regiment.

Artist

TAKII SAMUELS

BUFFALO SOLDIERS

Artist

SUSAN KING TAYLOR

Black participation in the Ameri-can Revolution marks the begin-ning of African-American military involvement. Combat sacrifices are unique as freedom was fought for all mankind; not petty pride measured by color or creed.

WILLIAM MCBRYAR BLACK PATRIOTS AMERICAN REVOLUTION

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Black slaves, known as Ma-roons, escaped to live among the Seminole Indians of Flori-da. They had their own settle-ment within the tribe and fought in the Seminole War.

KITAUNA PARKER

Born into slavery on August 6, 1848. At age 14 she became the first recognized Black army nurse; teaching illiterate soldiers to read & write in the Civil War.

Artist

SEMINOLE FREEDMEN

REGINALD PINCKLEY

Artist

TAKII SAMUELS

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TRIUMPH!

UNSUNG BLACK

VETERANS

IN U.S. HISTORY

Strand Theatre Gallery

Martin J. Walsh, Mayor Kenneth Brissette, Director

Mayor’s Office of Tourism, Sports and Entertainment

August 14 - November 14

The all Black 54th Massachu-setts Regiment’s bravery inspired 180,000 blacks to enlist in the Civil War - con-tributing to the creation of the United States of America.

Artist

JEROME SHELTON

54TH INFANTRY

WILTON TEJEDA

The 1st Lieutenant, born Valentines Day 1861 was a Buffalo Soldier during the Apache Wars. A Medal of Honor for valor in combat was bestowed at the Cherry Creek Campaign.

Artist

The moniker was given to the soldiers by their Native American opponents due to their color and fierce fighting. Active from 1866-1951, they were established by Congress as the first peacetime “all Black “regiment.

Artist

TAKII SAMUELS

BUFFALO SOLDIERS

Artist

SUSAN KING TAYLOR

Black participation in the Ameri-can Revolution marks the begin-ning of African-American military involvement. Combat sacrifices are unique as freedom was fought for all mankind; not petty pride measured by color or creed.

WILLIAM MCBRYAR BLACK PATRIOTS AMERICAN REVOLUTION

wwww.strandboston.com

543 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA 02125 617-635-1403

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The Harvard University valedictori-an, was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in WWII U.S. Army. Then segregated, Puerto Ricans of recognizably African descent were assigned to all-black units like the 375th Regiment.

KIMBERLY NGUYEN

The Tuskegee Airmen of WII depicted with the July 26, 1948 Executive Order 9981 of Presi-dent Harry S. Truman decreeing desegregation in the U.S. armed forces.

Artist

WILLIAM HARVEY CARNEY

An escaped Virginia slave through the Underground Railroad to Massachusetts, Carney enlisted with the 54th Volunteer Infantry as a Sergeant. For the assault on Fort Wagner he received the Medal Of Honor (37 years later) for saving the American flag and planting it on the parapet despite being wounded severely all over as depicted in the film “Glory”.

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Triumph! Artist Reception August 14, 2014, 6:30pm—9pm Complementary reception by: BIG EASY RESTAURANT

Presenters: 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment Company A ; New England Chapter Tuskegee Airman Inc.; ROTC Flag Ceremony; Heywood Fennell, oration; Lillian Oneal poetry; Theresa India Flag Exhibit; Curator’s Remarks: Alda Marshall Witherspoon

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BENJAMIN O. DAVIS

General Davis , son of the 1st Black General in the U.S. Army, followed in his fa-ther’s footsteps serving as the com-mander of the WWII Tuskegee Airmen and the 1st Black U.S. Air Force general.

Artist

STEPHEN HAMILTON

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Strand Theatre Gallery

Black women served as Union spies , unpaid soldiers

disguised as men and volunteer nurses since the American Revolution. Har-riet Tubman historically most renown.

GENARO ORTEGA

Artist

PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS

Born into slavery, the son of Prince Yonger, a slave shipped from Africa, and Nancy Attucks, a Natick Indian. Escaped slavery near age 27 as a merchant seaman. He was shot to death by the British to became the fist casualty of the Boston Massacre.

CRISPUS ATTUCKS

TONI JONAS SILVER Artist

Artist

JUANITA GRIM

MILTARY SISTER SOLDIERS

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9981

Artist STEPHEN HAMILTON

Artist

NICK JOHNSON

JOHN HORSE

Seminole-African-Spanish. When the Black Seminoles faced continu-ing threats from slave raiders, he led a group to northern Mexico, where they achieved freedom in 1850. Horse served as a captain in the Mexican army and, after 1870, with the US Army as a scout.

Location

The Harvard University valedictori-an, was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in WWII U.S. Army. Then segregated, Puerto Ricans of recognizably African descent were assigned to all-black units like the 375th Regiment.

KIMBERLY NGUYEN

The Tuskegee Airmen of WII depicted with the July 26, 1948 Executive Order 9981 of Presi-dent Harry S. Truman decreeing desegregation in the U.S. armed forces.

Artist

WILLIAM HARVEY CARNEY

An escaped Virginia slave through the Underground Railroad to Massachusetts, Carney enlisted with the 54th Volunteer Infantry as a Sergeant. For the assault on Fort Wagner he received the Medal Of Honor (37 years later) for saving the American flag and planting it on the parapet despite being wounded severely all over as depicted in the film “Glory”.

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Ho

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Triumph! Artist Reception August 14, 2014, 6:30pm—9pm Complementary reception by: BIG EASY RESTAURANT

Presenters: 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment Company A ; New England Chapter Tuskegee Airman Inc.; ROTC Flag Ceremony; Heywood Fennell, oration; Lillian Oneal poetry; Theresa India Flag Exhibit; Curator’s Remarks: Alda Marshall Witherspoon

TO:

BENJAMIN O. DAVIS

General Davis , son of the 1st Black General in the U.S. Army, followed in his fa-ther’s footsteps serving as the com-mander of the WWII Tuskegee Airmen and the 1st Black U.S. Air Force general.

Artist

STEPHEN HAMILTON

Please place stamp here

Strand Theatre Gallery

Black women served as Union spies , unpaid soldiers disguised as men and volunteer nurses since the American Revolution. Har-riet Tubman historically most renown.

GENARO ORTEGA

Artist

PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS

Born into slavery, the son of Prince Yonger, a slave shipped from Africa, and Nancy Attucks, a Natick Indian. Escaped slavery near age 27 as a merchant seaman. He was shot to death by the British to became the fist casualty of the Boston Massacre.

CRISPUS ATTUCKS

TONI JONAS SILVER Artist

Artist

JUANITA GRIM

MILTARY SISTER SOLDIERS

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9981

Artist STEPHEN HAMILTON

Artist

NICK JOHNSON

JOHN HORSE

Seminole-African-Spanish. When the Black Seminoles faced continu-ing threats from slave raiders, he led a group to northern Mexico, where they achieved freedom in 1850. Horse served as a captain in the Mexican army and, after 1870, with the US Army as a scout.