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By William Fischer, Jr., December 9, 2011
2nd Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper Monument
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1 ► Kansas, Leavenworth County, Fort Leavenworth — 2nd Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper —  |
| Born - 21 March 1856 Thomasville, Georgia - Early Schooling - Private Tutors American Missionary Association Atlanta University ————— U.S. Military Academy 01 July 1873 - 14 June 1877 4th Black to Attend 1st Black to Graduate . . . — — Map (db m52970) HM WM | |||
| 2 ► Texas, El Paso County, El Paso, Central El Paso — 12796 — Henry O. Flipper — |
| Henry Ossian Flipper (1856-1940) was the first African-American graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1877. Born into slavery in Thomasville, Georgia, he came from a family of achievers; his brothers were an African . . . — — Map (db m60727) HM | |||