Tag: military
Remembering Tipton County’s fallen servicemembers on Memorial Day
Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who died in service to the country.
The following men from Tipton County died while serving...
Men of Valor: A Tipton County Museum exhibit honors the Wakefield...
A family’s legacy - a torch of honor and patriotism - which started with a father and uncles serving in the United States Navy...
Mason’s Ahmid Doggett served and died during World War I
During the First World War, Tipton County lost both Black and white sons to the ravages of war, as grief knows no color and...
African-Americans enlisted in World War I to prove patriotism
More than 350,000 Black Americans served in segregated units during World War I and Townsend Cemetery in Covington is the final resting place for...
Remembering Pearl Harbor: Charleston brothers Bill Jim and Rob Roy Davis...
Charleston natives Bill Jim Davis and his brother, Rob Roy, were stationed aboard the USS Helena when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec....
