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Letter: Remembering George Washington Dugan

Letter: Remembering George Washington Dugan Published: 4/21/2021 10:00:05 AM Imagine that you sacrificed your life in the Civil War, but your name is lost to history, including on your town’s Civil War Memorial. This is the story of George Washington Dugan. Born in 1819 to Thomas and Jennie Dugan, there was no way to know that George and his mother would become household names in the historic Town of Concord. Sometimes, it takes a while for the public to be informed. In this case, it will be 158 years to complete the tale. The 54th Massachusetts was an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The unit was the second African-American regiment organized in the northern states during the Civil War. General recruitment of African Americans for service in the Union Army was authorized by the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln in 1863. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton accordingly instructed the governor of Massa

For this Concord class, history unfolds right in the middle of their town

For this Concord class, history unfolds right in the middle of their town ‘He wasn’t asked to join the war. He joined himself and tried to help the country… That was really cool.’ By Thomas Farragher Globe Columnist,Updated April 19, 2021, 2 hours ago Email to a Friend Sydney Holloman-Pressley with her students at the Willard School, where they conducted research that led to Concord s decision to honor George Washington Dugan, the town s sole Black Civil War soldier.Sydney Pressley/Willard School CONCORD — As they sat at their fifth-grade desks here at Willard Elementary School, what struck these kids in this history-rich town was the essential unfairness of it all.

Concord to honor George Dugan, town s lone Black Civil War soldier

CONCORD During Monday s virtual meeting of the Select Board, the board unanimously approved the installation of the George W. Dugan tablet at the base of Concord s Civil War Monument.  According to Concord resident and historian Rick Frese, it will be embedded in the existing pavers and cobblestones.  Cemetery Supervisor Tish Hopkins and Frese have collaborated on this project, an initiative that dates back to Frese’s initial petition to the Select Board in August 2014.  Hopkins and the bronze company designed the tablet and Frese wrote the inscription.  Who is George Dugan? Almost two years into the war, on Feb. 16, 1863, an advertisement appeared in the Boston Journal recruiting “good men of African descent” to join the newly formed 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first Black regiment in the Civil War, according to Frese. Four days later, a 44-year-old Concord farmer and widower, George Washington Dugan, traveled to the 54th’s recruiting station locate

Concord to honor George Dugan, town s lone Black Civil War soldier

Wicked Local During the virtual meeting of the Concord Select Board  Feb. 22, the Board unanimously approved the installation of the George W. Dugan tablet at the base of Concord s Civil War Monument.  According to Concord resident and historian Rick Frese, it will be embedded in the existing pavers and cobblestones.  Cemetery Supervisor Tish Hopkins and Frese have collaborated on this project, an initiative that dates back to Frese’s initial petition to the Select Board in August 2014.  Hopkins and the bronze company designed the tablet and Frese wrote the inscription.  Who is George Dugan? Almost two years into the war, on Feb. 16, 1863, an advertisement appeared in the Boston Journal recruiting “good men of African descent” to join the newly formed 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first Black regiment in the Civil War, according to Frese. Four days later, a 44-year-old Concord farmer and widower, George Washington Dugan, traveled to the 54th’s recruiti

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