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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Williams_(soldier)

Born Frederick Hall who used the alias William Williams as a runaway African American slave who enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812 and who died from a mortal wound while defending Fort McHenry from the British naval bombardment in 1814.[1]

http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc5700/sc5768/pdf/blacksoldier.pdf

National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
Maryland
A Black Soldier Defends Fort McHenry

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Thanks again.

[Windflier]

Frederick Hall who used the alias William Williams as a runaway African American slave who enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812 and who died from a mortal wound while defending Fort McHenry from the British naval bombardment in 1814.

The irony in that is so thick, you can cut it with a knife.

Unlike these pampered millionaire ball players, Private Hall endured real slavery, then fought and died for that flag they're disrespecting.