![]() Ward and his fellow re-enactors will be doing just that during a program February 25 and 26 at Trenton’s Old Barracks Museum. It’s a story that needs to be told - and to all Americans, not just blacks.” “But black soldiers have been participating in the American military experience from the beginning of our country through the present. Ward, a retired research scientist at the New Jersey Department of Health. “People are surprised to hear of the many contributions blacks have made, in everything from the Revolutionary War to Vietnam and beyond,” said Mr. often get the same comment from onlookers when they deliver presentations about African American involvement in American wars. One of several area commemorations of Black History Month, the presentation is by re-enactors who represent African American soldiers who have fought in American wars, from the Revolution onward.Īl Ward and his colleagues from the Sixth Regiment United States Colored Troops Re-enactors Inc. THREE CENTURIES OF BLACK SOLDIERS: That’s the title of a program at Trenton’s Old Barracks, taking place later this month. ![]()
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