BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20150802T170000Z DTEND:20150802T180000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Jared A. Jackson: U.S. Colored Troops DESCRIPTION:Born to a free farming family in Bethlehem\, New York\, Jared A. Jackson (1840-1888) enlisted at age 23 in the newly established "United States Colored Troops" and went on to serve as one of 200 black guards at the notorious Elmira Prison Camp. His experiences as a corporal in the 20th Regiment-U.S.C.T. is not only a story of military service toward the preservation of the Union\, but also of the fight for the right of African-Americans to bear arms\, to prove their courage and patriotism in the conflict to end slavery in America\, and the post-war struggles of African-Americans facing social and institutional racism. Jackson is one of just two known African-American veterans of the Civil War who are buried in Schenectady's Vale Cemetery. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Born to a free farming family in Bethlehem\, New York\, Jared A. Jackson (1840-1888) enlisted at age 23 in the newly established "\;United States Colored Troops"\; and went on to serve as one of 200 black guards at the notorious Elmira Prison Camp. His experiences as a corporal in the 20th Regiment-U.S.C.T. is not only a story of military service toward the preservation of the Union\, but also of the fight for the right of African-Americans to bear arms\, to prove their courage and patriotism in the conflict to end slavery in America\, and the post-war struggles of African-Americans facing social and institutional racism. Jackson is one of just two known African-American veterans of the Civil War who are buried in Schenectady'\;s Vale Cemetery. LOCATION:Grant Cottage State Historic Site\, Wilton\, NY UID:e.2254.5474 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260423T013941Z URL:http://saratogatourism-gzcms.preview.gochambermaster.com/events/details/jared-a-jackson-u-s-colored-troops-08-02-2015-5474 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR