A year-long commemoration is being held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to honor the 145th anniversary of the November 14, 1865, Grand Review of United States Colored Troops who had not been allowed to participate in the Grand review held in Washington, DC May 23-24th, I865.
United States Colored Troops from 25 states participated in the original one. USCT re-enactors from all over will be participating in the new one.
When the women of Harrisburg found out the USCTs had not been allowed to participate in DC, they set about having their own review. On November 15, 1865, led by Grand Marshal Thomas Morris Chester, who had served as captain of a Harrisburg company raised in the black community there, marched to the home of Senator Simon Cameron.
The commemoration will take place in Harrisburg Nov. 4-7. Other events are planned, including cleaning up cemeteries where USCT are buried in the area.
You'd Have to Wonder Why These Brave Black Soldiers Were Not Allowed to Be in the DC Grand Review? --B-R'er
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