Ebony Doughboys Productions: The Gift of Courageous Hospitality
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Thursday, December 17, 2020
Having escaped POW bondage hours earlier, they traveled on foot through the snowy Ardennes seeking fellow Americans looking to rejoin the fight.
Key Points:
- Having escaped POW bondage hours earlier, they traveled on foot through the snowy Ardennes seeking fellow Americans looking to rejoin the fight.
- This was December 17th, 1944 in rural Belgium about 80 miles southeast of Brussels.
- During Jim Crow America, it is understandable why the murders of those eleven soldiers were intentionally omitted from the official record.
- Today, courageous acts of charity and sacrifice, no matter how seemingly futile, must be documented, celebrated, and used to stimulate conversations about national service and identity.