February Calendar Pages

 There is much to discover as we investigate the ongoing battle to create a "more perfect union", and end  the power of oligarchy and empires.  

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"Soldiers at the Siege of Yorktown” (1781) watercolor by French officer Jean-Baptiste-Antoine de Verger. The image depicts four soldiers of different backgrounds, including a Black soldier from the 1st Rhode Island Regiment on the far left, a New England militiaman, a frontier rifleman, and a French officer. The American/French force at the Siege of Yorktown was approximately 19,000 troops. Contemporary sources present at Yorktown estimated that as many as 20%-25% of the soldiers that were engaged at Yorktown were Black Americans.