Black History Month Archive
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Endless opportunities for success
Posted on February 27, 2017 | No CommentsBy Stacy Floden, Kentucky National Guard Public Affairs FRANKFORT, Ky. – Thirty years and counting. That’s what Col. Shontelle Adams has on his military resume and that is just the […] -
She accomplished so much in her short life — The story of Anna Mac Clarke
Posted on March 2, 2015 | No CommentsStory by John Trowbridge, Kentucky National Guard Wrapping up Black History Month and leading into Women’s History Month, kentuckyguard.com presents this unique look at a woman who swore to fight […] -
John Ray Carter, A Harlem Hellfighter from Kentucky
Posted on February 10, 2015 | No CommentsStory by John Trowbridge, Kentucky National Guard Historian/Archivist FRANKFORT, Ky. — Last year marked the beginning of the Centennial Commemoration of the First World War, the Great War, the War […] -
Corporal Andrew Jackson Smith, Kentucky’s only African-American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
Posted on February 9, 2015 | No CommentsStory by John Trowbridge, Kentucky National Guard In recognition of February as Black History Month kentuckyguard.com is publishing a series of articles honoring African-American men and women who are significant […] -
How two Kentucky “Buffalo Soldiers” earned the Medal of Honor
Posted on February 4, 2015 | No CommentsStory by John Trowbridge, Kentucky National Guard Command Historian In recognition of February as Black History Month kentuckyguard.com is republishing a series of articles honoring African-American men and women who […] -
She accomplished so much in her short life — The story of Anna Mac Clarke
Posted on February 28, 2014 | No CommentsStory by John Trowbridge, Kentucky National Guard Wrapping up Black History Month and leading into Women’s History Month, kentuckyguard.com presents this unique look at a woman who swore to fight […] -
Corporal Andrew Jackson Smith, Kentucky’s only African-American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
Posted on February 21, 2014 | No CommentsStory by John Trowbridge, Kentucky National Guard In recognition of February as Black History Month kentuckyguard.com is publishing a series of articles honoring African-American men and women who are significant […] -
“Neither riches or poverty, neither creed or race ….” — The story of Pvt. Robert H. Brooks
Posted on February 14, 2014 | No CommentsStory by John Trowbridge, Kentucky National Guard In recognition of February as Black History Month kentuckyguard.com is publishing several articles honoring African-American men and women who are significant figures in […] -
Twice a brigade commander, always a leader
Posted on February 12, 2014 | No CommentsStory by Maj. David page, Kentucky National Guard Public Affairs RICHMOND, Ky. — To command at a brigade-level unit is an honor for which most officers can only dream, but for […] -
How two Kentucky “Buffalo Soldiers” earned the Medal of Honor
Posted on February 22, 2013 | No CommentsStory by John Trowbridge, Kentucky National Guard Command Historian In recognition of February as Black History Month kentuckyguard.com is publishing a series of articles honoring African-American men and women who […]