Touted as the first of its kind in the nation, the African American Veterans Monument (AAVM) pays tribute to every African American soldier that ever fought in the a US conflict since the Revolu ...

Through census records, Zimmer discovered that Johnson was born in Lincoln in 1879 to Harrison Johnson, an escaped slave and Civil War veteran ... portraits of the city’s small African-American ...

Just before the recent snow storm, I paid a visit to the new African American Veterans Monument (AAVM) at the Erie Basin Marina, which I initially posted about back in June. The striking monument ...

Historical military artist Don Troiani painted the portrait, which also features 15-year-old African American sailor James Forten. Forten, who later became a successful business owner and ...