The Oscar-winning actors star in “Amsterdam” as military veterans with ties to the 369th New York Regiment, inspired by the real-life Harlem Hellfighters infantry of Black and Puerto Rican soldiers deployed in France.
1862: John Bronson died of yellow fever, the first case of an epidemic that would claim the lives of 71 members of the 90th New York Regiment before it ended
When British officers at Yorktown yielded their flags to the colonial army to end the Revolutionary War in 1781, it wasn’t George Washington or Alexander Hamilton who accepted the surrender.
The first official observance date for Memorial Day was May 30, 1868, and for Veterans Day November 11, 1954. Many citizens observe the yearly celebrations for the proper reasons, a