On Veterans Day, CHS Students Get Lessons in Correcting History; Black WWI Vets Get Long-Overdue Recognition

by Laura Griffin

Left off the commemorative plaque at Columbia High School for generations, five Black WWI servicemen get a plaque of their own and a ceremony at CHS to correct the record. “Today, we are here to do something that should have been done over a century ago. We are here to right a wrong.” – South Orange Mayor Sheena Collum

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