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Natchez Federal Courthouse now honors all WW1 veterans in Adams County, MS



Published on Feb 25, 2014

A short history of new World War I memorial plaques that were cast to include the names of previously excluded African American soldiers, as well as additional white soldiers and women, who were left out when the plaques were initially dedicated in 1924.

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