Beaufort City Councilman Mitch Mitchell reads the names of some of the 1,400 men and women who served with the 1st SC Volunteers of African Descent/33rd U.S. Colored Troops at the Grand Army of the Republic Hall on Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. Amber Hewitt/The Island News.
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