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President Harry Truman Views New Roosevelt Plaque

December 15, 2022

Presented by Dannie Gore, Sr. President Truman (left), after viewing a bronze plaque of Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Recorder of Deeds building in Washington, D.C. September 24, 1945, meets the sculptor, Selma Burke (second from right). At right is Marshall Shepard, Recorder of Deeds for the Washington District.

The First Black Nurse – Nancy Leftenant-Colon Major

January 16, 2021

Nancy Leftenant-Colon Major (retired). The first black nurse in the reserve or active-duty Army Nurse Corps. The only woman to hold the presidency of the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. from 1989 – 1991. Along with select Tuskegee Airmen, received the Congressional Gold Medal from President George W. Bush on March 29, 2007.