Military – Army
Daniel Robert Smith (1932-2022)
Daniel Robert Smith was the last surviving child of a formerly enslaved American. He was born on March 11, 1932,...
The Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School (1901- )
The Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School was a military base and training facility located on the south...
The Manumission of Monimia Travers: A Slave Freed at Fort Vancouver
Few people identify slavery with Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. However, there were slaves in the region particularly in the...
Buffalo Soldiers at Vancouver, Washington Barracks (1899-1900)
In 1849 the U.S. Army established its first military post in the Pacific Northwest at Vancouver, Washington. Known varyingly as...
Fort Lawton (Seattle) “Riot” and POW Lynching, 1944
On August 14, 1944, African American soldiers “rioted” against Italian prisoners of war (POW) at Seattle’s Fort Lawton, an Army...
