Andre’ M. Boyd: Fort Africa’s battle at Island Mound and the foundation of Juneteenth
The sacrifice of blood on America’s battlefields and on foreign soil should make us all pause and renew our efforts to work together for the common good of the nation.
(Harpers Weekly) This drawing from a Harpers Weekly edition in 1863 depicts the Battle of Island Mound on Oct. 29, 1862 in Missouri during the American Civil War.