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Md. National Guard to skip Frederick Douglass event

Maryland National Guard Declines to Participate in Frederick Douglass Celebration Due to Pentagon Order

A formal memo from the Maryland National Guard's Joint Operations Center, dated Feb. 7, said the reserve component would be "unable to support the event for a flyover, band, military vehicles and troop presence.

Stars and Stripes · 3d

Citing DOD order, Maryland National Guard to skip Frederick Douglass event

The message prompted organizers to cancel the parade portion of the 207th Birthday Celebration of Frederick Douglass and Civil Rights Heroes Day, said Tarence Bailey Sr., a descendant of Douglass. The event was scheduled for Feb. 22 in Easton, during Black History Month.

The Washington Post on MSN · 3d

Citing DoD order, Md. National Guard to skip Frederick Douglass event

Titled “Identity Months Dead at DoD,” the guidance bars the Department of Defense from using official resources to support cultural awareness months.

Mother Jones · 2d

Trump’s Anti-DEI Order Stops Maryland National Guard from Celebrating Frederick Douglass

After the Department of Defense called "identity months" like Black History Month "dead," National Guard units reportedly refused to participate in a parade honoring Frederick Douglass.

7don MSN

In Saratoga lecture, abolitionist Frederick Douglass criticized Quaker minister who said slaves better off than free Blacks

African-American social reformer, abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass was the country's most famous Black man of the ...

Orange County Register4d

Remembering the great Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass, born into slavery in 1818, never knew the precise date he was born, but later chose Feb. 14 as his birthdate. We urge all Americans to consider the ideas, life and legacy of ...

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