Today, I took a trip to The Old Barracks Museum in Trenton, New Jersey. In honor of Black History Month, the Museum hosted the Four Centuries Of African-American Soldiers exhibit. The following photographs and video give a sample of what was to be seen. The exhibit will be at the Museum tomorrow as well. More can be seen, including a weapons demonstration, if you wish to make the trek.
The daughter of the Tuskegee Airman in the framed photograph was at the event. You will note the letter issued by the Harry Truman Administration at the bottom right:
A member of the U.S.C.T. and I looking at a newspaper from 1839 that I brought:
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