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Harriet Tubman Just Became a One-Star General, More Than 150 Years After Serving With the Union Army
The celebrated Underground Railroad conductor received posthumous recognition for her service as a spy, scout, nurse and cook ...
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Harriet Tubman honored for her military service on Veterans Day nearly 160 years later
The Maryland National Guard and Gov. Wes Moore posthumously commissioned Harriet Tubman as a one-star general in the Maryland Army National Guard on Monday. The ceremony, commemorating her service ...
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Maryland native Harriet Tubman posthumously named a general in Veterans Day ceremony
CHURCH CREEK, Md. (AP) — Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was the first woman to oversee an American military action during a time of war, was posthumously awarded the rank of general on ...