African-American war heroes through all of America's conflicts

February 12, 2018

Obviously February is African American History Month, and I wanted to highlight some of my favorite Medals of Honor and other heroes from America’s history.

I’ll start right from the beginning, some haven’t received the medal of honor, but probably should have.

American Revolution:  Crispus Attucks.

Hundreds of schools across the country (including here in Indy) are named for this hero, but I would think very few actually know who he is.  When I was a kid I lived in Massachusetts, and I loved everything about the Revolution, so I’ve known the story of Crispus since I was about 7 and would run around my yard wearing a tri-cornered hat and shooting redcoats with a stick:

This is a pretty good video that contains the basics:  

In the Civil War we have MOH Recipient Bruce Anderson (from Wiki):

Anderson was born June 19, 1845 in Mexico City but by the beginning of the Civil War was working as a farmer in New York. He enlisted for service in the military from Schenectady on August 31, 1864 as a private in Company K, 142nd New York Volunteer Infantry, Anderson has the unusual, but not unique, distinction of being an African American soldier who served....

Read entire article at Burnpit.com (Ameican Legion).