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Glory Hallelujah to New Bedford Medal of Honor Hero [PHIL-OSOPHY]
Of the 3,498 who have received the Medal of Honor, only 88 have been Black – and one of them was from New Bedford.
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New Bedford Marks Anniversary of Local Civil War Contribution
If you've seen the Civil War-era movie "Glory", you know the story of the 54th Volunteer Regiment from Massachusetts.
46 New Bedford African-American men enlisted in the regiment, and Thursday marked the 150th anniversary of the day they fought against Confederate soldiers at Fort Wagner, South Carolina...