[Gator113]

To all African Americans who have fought for this Country, past or present....thank you for your service and sacrifice.

[KC Burke]

Great article.

[captaindude2]

good article

anyway not enough people are named Festus anymore

[Rytwyng]

ping

[G.Mason]

Sad for the races that this was not, (at least in the 40's & 50's) and is not taught in school.

We, Americans, are all brothers.

[mhking]

Bookmarked; I'll ping this one when I get home.

[SedVictaCatoni]

Great stuff.

[MamaTexan]

Saved for our first American history lesson on Monday!

[88keys]

Thanks for posting this! As the author notes, it's almost shocking how little people know about American history (Grant a Revolutionary War general?!?! heavens!) and it's especially important, I think, that more be said about who the famed "Minutemen", for instance, actually were...

American soldiers and heros come in all colors, always have, always will, and it's wonderful to read a few stories about "individuals" instead of the "miscellaneous collective troops", who are, after all, made up of those "individual soldiers"! It helps people recognize it's not simply about a bunch of generals sitting around planning troop movements and battlefield maneuvers...

For the service and dedication of all of our brave soldiers, then and now, we are eternally thankful.