The Leesburg Police Department in Leesburg, Virginia, announced the recent graduation of their newest K-9, Elmore, and his handler, Officer Lelia Brickley.
By Cherranda Smith
Jan 29, 2021
Towards the end of the Civil War, Union leaders gathered a group of Black ministers in Savannah, Georgia. The goal of the meeting was to figure out a way to help the newly freed enslaved African people who’d been in the country for 300 years by time the war ended in 1865.
The meeting was held in the Green-Meldrim House where General
William T. Sherman was staying following the end of his infamous march across Georgia. He and other Union leaders met with ministers including Rev.
Garrison Fraizer. Historical records of the meeting indicate that Sherman and Secretary of War