Gunner’s Mate Master Chief Female Makes History
The gunner’s mate rating in the Coast Guard has been around for 230 years and has never had a female in the senior-most leadership position. That is until now. Laurie … Read More
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Soldier Makes History as First Woman to Join the Green Berets
An Army National Guard soldier marked a new milestone in the U.S. military Thursday by graduating from the grueling Special Forces Qualification Course (Q Course) to become the first woman to join the Green Berets. U.S. … Read More
Celebrating Juneteenth is More Important than Ever, Pandemic or Not
Leimert Park residents have been observing Juneteenth — the day in 1865 when Texas slaves belatedly learned they were free — since June 19, 1949, when local businessman Jonathan Leonard began hosting … Read More
53 Years Ago Today, SCOTUS Legalized Interracial Marriage Based On This Va. Couple’s Case
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Weeks after Richard and Mildred Loving were married in Washington, D.C., in 1958, sheriff’s deputies burst into their Virginia home in the middle of the night and threw … Read More
