Signature Collections

Allegany County African American History

Collage of Allegany County famous African Americans

About: Military

Other topics within this collection:

Arts and Entertainment

Government and Law

Segregation, Intolerance, and Integration

Slaves and the Underground Railroad

Sports: Football and Basketball

Sports: Baseball, Boxing, and Track

Black History Month, Juneteenth, and MLK Events

Buttons - African American

Acknowledgements and Bibliography

About Al Feldstein

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2 men shaking hands; Clarence Edward Trimble, Sr. – First “Negro” Korean War Registrant 1951

Clarence Edward Trimble, Sr. - First "Negro" Korean War Registrant

Photo of Clifton Brooks with portrait of military photo and miniature Tuskegee airman model statue

Clifton Brooks, Tuskegee Airman

Confederate monument at Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Maryland; marker reads "To the Unknown Confederate Dead"

Confederate Monument, Rose Hill Cemetery

Graver marker for Eli Truly, who fought in Civil War; Lived from 1814 - 1877

Eli Truly, USCT

2 photos, one from African American troops on the deck of the Louisville in 1919; cemetery marker of Fulton Myers 1890 - 1918

Fulton Myers

Image of brick building for Fulton Myers Post 153

Fulton Myers Post 153

Bulldozers knock down building with brick rumble in foreground

Fulton Myers Post 153 Razed

3 members of Fulton Myers Post #153 make a donation of canned goods to the Salvation Army 1962

Fulton Myers Post food donation

Veterans and dignitaries break ground for African-American Civil War veterans memorial

Ground broken for memorial to honor African-American Civil War veterans, Hagerstown

4 people in cemetery look over the newly restored grave marker for Jacob F. Wheaton

Hagerstown observes Civil War, 2013

Military photo of Herman J. Washington

Herman J. Washington

Cropped military photo of James "Aubrey" Stewart

James "Aubrey" Stewart & the The Wereth 11

Jerry Wormack

Military portrait of Air Force Master Sgt. Jill (Harper) Victor

Jill (Harper) Victor

2 photos of John "Perkey" Yates; in combat uniform holding gun and with Cumberland Chapter 172 Color Guard

John "Perkey" Yates

Photo of boxer in stance with arms up and gloves on

Leroy Younger

Gravestone marker with name Pero Mitchell

Pero Mitchell

Photo of William Powell & Rodney Keys in Vietnam

Powell & Keys in Vietnam

Company K photo of the Buffalo Soldiers, circa early 1900s

Richard C. Edwards, Buffalo Soldier

2 photos of Robert Peck; cropped picture with hat of flag/eagle, picture with Honor Guard

Robert Peck

Newspaper article clipping about Historic Cemetery Organization sets Memorial Day event

Sumner Cemetery - CHCO

Image of Sumner Cemetery, Allegany County Maryland

Sumner Cemetery Interments

Newspaper article titled "Airman recalls triumphs before facing battle"

Tuskegee Airman Clifton Brooks

Union Memorial at Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland MD

Union Monument

Image of 6 cemetery gravestones from Sumner Cemetery, Allegany County MD

United States Colored Troops during the Civil War

2 photos from Cumberland Chapter #172 of the Vietnam Veterans of America Honor Guard during the opening ceremonies of the National Day of Prayer 2017

Vietnam Veterans

Photo of Clifton E. Brooks and Alfred Mason from Washington Smith Post 152, The American Legion; Keyser, West Virginia circa 1940s

Washington Smith Post 152, American Legion

Photo of Vivian and William Colbert

William A. Colbert, Jr., 1920-2015

Military portrait of William Colbert, Army Air Force 1943

William Colbert

2 photos of William Colbert receiving Congressional Medal of honor in nursing home bed surrounded by dignitaries; bottom photo with great-grand-daughter, Aynia Dorsey, Miss Black Pennsylvania US Ambassador

William Colbert, Congressional Gold Medal

Two Cumberland men who were held as Prisoners of War during the Korean War

William Rhodes

Button with text Member Maryland, Allegany County - War Garden Association 1918

World War I gardens