Rodney Cress, Veteran’s Advocate
♦ The W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury, N.C. hosts two traveling history exhibits: “The Civil War & A New Era in Veterans Benefits” and “Blacks in Blue: The USCT Legacy.”
The exhibits are found in Building 42′s Main Street area of the Community Living Center. The exhibits can be visited now until noon on April 4th.
These exhibits are the productions of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) as part of the National Civil War 150th Anniversary Commemoration. They highlight the sweeping changes made in Federal Veterans’ benefits because of the Civil War, as well as the history of the thousands of black soldiers serving in special units of the Union Army, officially designated as the U.S. Colored Troops.
The two exhibits will also be displayed at the 17th Annual Salisbury Confederate Prison Symposium on April 5 in the Ketner Hall on the Catawba College campus from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
For more information about the Civil War 150th Anniversary activities, please visit http://www.civilwar.org/150th-anniversary/.
