Sunday Favorites: The Forgotten 55

Upon entering Palmetto from the south, visitors are accosted with two war monuments honoring the veterans of both World Wars. On the brick monument representing the Great War, a brass plaque lists those Palmetto residents whom either risked or gave their lives. A their names are etched into the tarnished metal – all but 55. Over a third of the enlistees in Palmetto were African-American, but due to the racial injustices of the time, their names were excluded from the

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