Prince Romerson (c. 1840 – 1872) was a Native Hawaiian who fought in the American Civil War at a time when the Kingdom of Hawaii was an independent nation. Living in the American Northeast before the war, Romerson enlisted in the Union Navy in 1863 and served in the Atlantic Blockading Squadron. After being discharged, he reenlisted in the 5th Regiment Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry, a United States Colored Troops (USCT) regiment, in April 1864. Romerson rose to the rank of sergeant and was mustered out in October 1865, due to illness. After the war, like many USCT veterans, he remained in the army as a member of the Buffalo Soldiers (pictured), serving on the western frontier. In 2010, he was commemorated with over 100 other Native Hawaiian and Hawaiian-born "Hawaiʻi Sons of the Civil War" when a bronze plaque was erected along the memorial pathway at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1884:

The first fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary, a 352-page volume that covered words from A to Ant, was published. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary

1979:

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile and soon led the Iranian Revolution to overthrow the U.S.-backed Pahlavi dynasty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhollah_Khomeini%27s_return_to_Iran

2003:

All seven crew members aboard Space Shuttle Columbia were killed when the orbiter disintegrated over Texas during reentry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

inexorable: 1. Impossible to prevent or stop; inevitable. 2. Unable to be persuaded; relentless; unrelenting. 3. Adamant; severe. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inexorable

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death, The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies, We, the people, must redeem The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers. The mountains and the endless plain — All, all the stretch of these great green states — And make America again!   --Langston Hughes https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Langston_Hughes