by Mark Stout | Nov 28, 2023 | Howard County History
Howard County US Colored Troops and Enlistment Bounties Dr. Mark Stout, Executive Director Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letter, U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pocket, there is no power...
by Lynn Kusmin | Nov 28, 2023 | Howard County History
Rosa Bonheur Memorial Park: A Cemetery for People and Their Pets By Lynn Kusmin (HCHS 2023 Summer Intern) The Rosa Bonheur Memorial Park opened as a pet cemetery in 1935 and today holds more than 22,000 animal graves. In April 1979, a successful petition to the...
by Gerald W. Ueckermann, Jr. | Mar 10, 2023 | Howard County History
The Early Life of Decatur Dorsey By Gerald W. Ueckermann, Jr. October 19, 2021 By the early summer of 1864 the Union Army’s offensive to finish off the Confederate Army of Robert E. Lee had stalled on the outskirts of Petersburg, Virginia. There, Union soldiers...
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