J. R. Kealoha (died March 5, 1877) was a Native Hawaiian who fought in the American Civil War at a time when the Kingdom of Hawaii was an independent nation. He enlisted in the 41st United States Colored Infantry (USCT), formed in Pennsylvania. Participating in the Siege of Petersburg, he met the Hawaiʻi-born Colonel Samuel Armstrong, who recorded their encounter. With the 41st USCT, Kealoha was present at the surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, 1865. He returned to Hawaiʻi, where he died and was buried in an unmarked grave in Honolulu's Oʻahu Cemetery. In 2010, Kealoha and more than 100 other Native Hawaiian and Hawaiʻi-born "Hawaiʻi Sons of the Civil War" were commemorated with a bronze plaque erected along the memorial pathway at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. In 2014, a grave marker (pictured) was dedicated over Kealoha's burial site.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1770:

American Revolution: British soldiers fired into a crowd (engraving shown) in Boston, killing five people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Massacre

1825:

Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, was apprehended after his flagship sloop Anne was captured by authorities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_the_sloop_Anne

1960:

Cuban photographer Alberto Korda took his iconic photograph Guerrillero Heroico of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrillero_Heroico

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dekulakize: (transitive, historical) Usually with reference to the Soviet Union and communist Eastern Europe: to dispossess (a kulak, that is, a prosperous peasant) of his or her property and/or rights. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dekulakize

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