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Black History Month in The United Kingdom In the US some black joke that our Black History month is in February because it is the …

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WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY AT THE GRAVE OF MARY SEACOLE

by B.W.I.EUpdated on 2011/05/022011/05/07

SATURDAY 7th MAY 2011, 11AM: ORGANISED BY THE MARY SEACOLE MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION It is the 30th year of the celebration service that commenced in 1971. …

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Mary Seacole Statue Appeal and special event at the National Portrait Gallery in London

by B.W.I.E 2011/03/072011/03/07

When Mary Seacole nursed the sick and wounded on the front line in the Crimea she did not ask for, or expect any reward. She …

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Mary Seacole

by B.W.I.EUpdated on 2018/03/262008/01/29

Crimean war veteran nurse and original lady of the lamp Mary Seacole’s reputation after the Crimean War (1853-1856) rivalled Florence Nightingale’s. Unlike Nightingale, Seacole also …