When the U.S. military decided to assign three African American engineering regiments to the Alaska Highway project, it departed from its usual segregationist policies. Since the Civil War ...

Albert Cashier, an Irish immigrant who came to America sometime before the Civil War, watched ... most trying hour." American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948 ...

veterans and active military members. Individual tickets to each site as well as a combo ticket that gets you into all three sites are also available. Visit the American Civil War Museum website ...