From Mourning Soldiers to Slaves

“Burial of Latane” 1864

Members of the N.C. Society of the Order of the Black Rose surround Mattie Rice during a ceremony outside the Old County Courthouse in Monroe Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012.

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