Freedom Fighters

We Answered the Call

The United States Congress officially ended the draft in September 28, 1971. Since then, volunteer armed forces have been called to protect freedom throughout the world.

In 2001, the Beatrice National Guard was deployed to Kuwait with the ...

Freedom Fighters

By November 1864, several thousand African American soldiers, designated as United States Colored Troops or USCT, held Fort Harrison and the nearby earthworks. Many of these men had survived the bloody combat at New Market Heights, Fort Gilmer, and the ...