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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._Kealoha>
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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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Wiktionary's word of the day:
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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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We shall use only peaceful means and we shall not permit any
other kind of method.
--Zhou Enlai
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Zhou_Enlai>
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