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.

Reading of the Names

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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.

In a full room at the Grand Army of the Republic Hall, the walls are lined with photos of local Black U.S. veterans as the names of 1,400 men and women who served with the 1st S.C. Volunteers of African Descent/33rd U.S. Colored Troops are read on Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. Amber Hewitt/The Island News.

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