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U#•Snni.ssoh5'8•er-*- 9i.r-ildneColonelCharleeYoungf8 GraveStill UnmarkedWashlngton, D. C.t Sept. 18.—One year ago 30,000 people stood In the streets of Washington and 20,000 more followed the dag-draped casket of Colonel Charles Young as it was borne on a caisson from Union Station to its final resting place In Arlington cemetery.Colonel Young graduated from West Point, was the highest ranking colored officer in the United tSates Army and the first of the race ever to reach the rank of colonel. General Pershing and many other military commanders had spoken of him as an excellent soldier.He was a hero of the race and regarded by many as a martyr, due to the fact that he was disqualified from service at the time when every one felt he should have been placed In command of one of the colored regiments which went over seas.Colonel Young died in Sierra Leone, West Africa, while on a scouting expedition In connection with his services as American military advisor in the Liberian govepment. His body was brought home by special steamer and Arlington cemetery officials said it was the largest individual funeral ever held there.No Stone Marks Cirave.Today the grave, unmarked except for a wooden slab, can be seen on Arlington hill overlooking the Potomac river and facing the homestead of Frederick Douglass in Anacostia.Many persons believe that some imposing stone had been erected to mark the spot. When a reporter passed the place yesterday he noted only the wooden marker and nothing more.fmirn UAirmvci v^r
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The Northwestern Bulletin Appeal
Saint Paul, Minnesota, US
Sat, Sep 20, 1924
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