For nine months during the Civil War, a regiment of Black soldiers, many of them former slaves, guarded confederate prisoners on what is now the Rock Island Arsenal. For the past 30 years, ...

They were eventually transferred to the Rock Island Prison Barracks at the newly ... with the announcement the Civil War had ended and the enslaved people were free. "This declaration took two ...

Rock Island Auction Company of Illinois shows off rare Civil War, WWI items made by Tiffany & Co. Rock Island's Joel Kolander shares details with Fox News Digital on three military antiques up for ...

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As a part of the Multi-Generational Community Building Speaker Series, students interacted with Dr. Frank Smith and Macarthur Cotton, two civil rights ... Jr. Center in Rock Island.

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - The Rock Island National Cemetery hosted the Vietnam War ‘50th Anniversary Commemorative Ceremony’ on Wednesday, Vietnam War Veterans Day, to honor all United States ...