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Posted on October 24, 2019June 8, 2020
by Nadia K. Orton

June 20, 2019: Historical highway marker approval letter, Virginia Department of Historic Resources

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Posted in 1st U. S. Colored Cavalry, 2nd U. S. Colored Cavalry, Family History, Free Persons of Color, Genealogy, Nansemond County, North Carolina, Oak Lawn Cemetery, Oak Lawn Notables, Spanish American War, Suffolk, Tuskegee Airmen, U. S. Air Force, U. S. Colored Troops, U. S. Marine Corps, Vietnam, Virginia, Virginia Cemeteries, WWI, WWIITagged Historical highway marker, Virginia Department of Historic Resources

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