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Honoring the subject of my first blog years ago, Landsman Thomas Craig, a free-born African American Civil War Navy veteran from Delaware. After the war, Thomas served aboard the receiving ship Franklin with two of my ancestors, great-great-great-grandfather Max, and great-great-grandfather Arthur, in the 1880s, Tidewater, Virginia. The fire ants at the base of his gravestone will have to be removed before we can clean and reset the stone. His sacrifice for freedom and equality is not forgotten. The struggle continues... #africanamerican #historic #preservation #genealogy #familyhistory #virginia #blackhistory #memorialdayweekend #civilwar #cemetery #thisplacemattersThe Cape Charles Colored School (Rosenwald), ca. 1928 - Mother's Day, 2018 #africanamerican #historic #preservation #equality #education #architecture #tidewater #virginia #easternshore #thisplacemattersCape Charles Colored School historical marker #africanamerican #historic #preservation #virginia #blackhistory #equality #education #tidewater #heritage #thisplacematters #architectureExploring the great exhibit honoring Virginia-born African American soldiers of WWI at the Library of Virginia #africanamerican #history #historic #preservation #rva #heritage #virginia #blackhistory #freedom #equalityBlog Stats
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