Photograph of Wayne Miner American Legion Post #149 Drum and Bugle Corps - n.d.

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Title	Photograph of Wayne Miner American Legion Post #149 Drum and Bugle Corps - n.d.
Creator	Unknown
Source	Unknown Photographer. Photograph of Wayne Miner American Legion Post #149 Drum and Bugle Corps. n.d. Wayne Miner American Legion Post #149 Collection. (AC25). Black Archives of Mid-America, Kansas City, Missouri.
Description	This black and white photograph depicts members of the Wayne Miner American Legion Post's Drum and Bugle Corps. A traditionally African-American Legion post, Post 149 was formed in 1919 and chartered in 1920. Post 149 bears the name of Private Wayne Miner, an African-American soldier killed in action on November 11, 1918, while serving in France with the 92nd Division. Killed three hours before the armistice, Miner was one of the last Americans killed in combat during World War I.
Subject LCSH	American Legion; World War, 1914-1918--African Americans
Subject Local	WWI; World War I
Site Accession Number	(AC25)
Contributing Institution	Black Archives of Mid-America
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Date Original	n.d.
Language	English