Elliot Partin
Elliot Partin is in his final quarter of undergraduate studies at The University of Washington specializing in Military History. His passions are researching history and traveling to major historical sites around the world. He recently completed a trip of a lifetime with his fiancé Michele to numerous battlefields across Europe spanning over nearly a millennium of warfare in 3 months. Elliot served in the U.S. Marines from 2004-2008, he was assigned to 1st Battalion 1st Marines at Camp Pendleton, California. After serving three tours in Iraq as an infantrymen he was honorably discharged from the Marines and began furthering his education at the University of Washington. Elliot hopes to return to civil service after graduating through employment with the US Government.
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1st Rhode Island Regiment
The 1st Rhode Island Regiment was a Continental Army regiment during the American Revolutionary War. The 1st Rhode Island Regiment...
The African Insurance Company (1810-1813)
In 1810 The African Insurance Company was created with offices located at 159 Lombard Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was...
Freedom’s Journal (1827-1829)
Freedom’s Journal, established the same year that slavery was abolished in New York, was the first African American-owned and operated...
La Tribune de la Nouvelle-Orléans (1864-1868)
The New Orleans Tribune was the first African American daily newspaper in the United States. Started in 1864 by Charles...
Highland Beach, Maryland (1893- )
Highland Beach, Maryland, the oldest of the major black resort towns, was founded along the western shore of Chesapeake Bay...
Viola Mitchell Turner (1900-1988)
Viola Mitchell Turner, an early black executive with North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, was born in Macon, Georgia, in...
24th Infantry Regiment in Korea (1950-1951)
Authorized by Congress in 1866 and activated on November 1, 1869, the 24th Infantry Regiment was one of four all-black...
Harold Doley, Jr. (1947- )
Ambassador Harold E. Doley, Jr is the founder of Doley Securities, LLC, the oldest African American owned investment banking firm...
James T. Whitehead, Jr. (1934- )
James Whitehead, Jr., the first African American Lockheed U2 pilot, was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1934. From a young age...
