Veterans Day Archives - Permanent.org https://www.permanent.org/blog/tag/veterans-day/ Nonprofit. Secure. Digital Archives. Wed, 08 Nov 2023 18:02:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.permanent.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-Permanent-Icon-512-32x32.png Veterans Day Archives - Permanent.org https://www.permanent.org/blog/tag/veterans-day/ 32 32 Public Archive Spotlight: The Ralph Lonon Sanford World War I Postcard Archive https://www.permanent.org/blog/public-archive-spotlight-the-ralph-lonon-sanford-world-war-i-postcard-archive/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/public-archive-spotlight-the-ralph-lonon-sanford-world-war-i-postcard-archive/#respond Wed, 08 Nov 2023 18:02:16 +0000 https://permanent.org/?p=5723 This Veterans Day, we’d like to spotlight a special archive that captures the experiences of a WWI medic through postcards. Created by Greg Martin in honor of his wife’s grandfather, The Ralph Lonon Sanford World War I Postcard Archive features historic images from the war and messages that he wrote home, all of which can be used to give people a sense of what that period of was like.

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/public-archive-spotlight-the-ralph-lonon-sanford-world-war-i-postcard-archive/feed/ 0 The Families’ Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice with Holly A. Pinheiro Jr., Ph.D. https://www.permanent.org/events/the-families-civil-war-black-soldiers-and-the-fight-for-racial-justice-with-holly-a-pinheiro-jr-phd/ Mon, 23 Oct 2023 13:52:23 +0000 https://permanent.org/?post_type=mec-events&p=5664 Join Professor Holly A. Pinheiro Jr. for his latest book The Families’ Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice. This engaging narrative highlights the experiences of how northern free Black families fared in their daily lives when their loved ones answered the call of duty. For African American families who were already battling discrimination in their communities, the war brought new struggles impacting households, living conditions, and finances. Pinheiro shows how military experiences were not uniform, and how race and class differed among an estimated 79,000 Black men who served in northern USCT regiments. A book signing will follow the lecture. Holly A. Pinheiro Jr. is an assistant professor of African American history ...

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