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Nick Biddle’s Badge of Patriotism
Every month is Black History Month
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On April 18, 1861, in Baltimore, the Washington Artillery of Pottsville, Pa., disembarked from a train and marched through the city to the jeers and taunts of Southern sympathetic mobs. One of the Pennsylvanians, Nick Biddle, was one of the targets for their anger. Here's what happened.
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