The Collection
Every exhibit, on record.
24 exhibits currently on display. Filter, search, and sort below.
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Medal of Honor Recipients1945 CE
Vernon Baker in the Apennines
Belated Medal of Honor for World War II service
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Wars1815 CE
Battle of New Orleans
Free men of color under Andrew Jackson
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Campaigns1863 CE
54th Massachusetts at Fort Wagner
Assault on the sand ramparts of Charleston Harbor
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Trail Blazers1877 CE
Henry O. Flipper Graduates West Point
First African American graduate of the U.S. Military Academy
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Medal of Honor Recipients1951 CE
Cornelius H. Charlton on Hill 543
Medal of Honor at Chipo-ri
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Heroes1775 CE
Salem Poor at Bunker Hill
A Black soldier commended by fourteen officers
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Heroes1770 CE
Crispus Attucks and the Boston Massacre
First to fall for American independence
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Military Units1866 CE
Buffalo Soldiers Established
9th and 10th Cavalry, 24th and 25th Infantry
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Trail Blazers1975 CE
Daniel "Chappie" James Jr.
First African American four-star general
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Medal of Honor Recipients1965 CE
Milton L. Olive III
He fell on the grenade
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Campaigns1898 CE
Buffalo Soldiers at San Juan Hill
Cuba, 1898
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Campaigns1864 CE
Battle of the Crater
A division prepared, then withheld