Harriet Tubman posthumously named a general in Veterans Day ceremony ...Middle East

CHURCH CREEK, Md. (AP) — Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman has been posthumously awarded the rank of general. Tubman was the first woman to oversee an American military action during a time of war. Dozens gathered on Veterans Day at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park in Maryland’s Dorcester County for a formal ceremony making Tubman a one-star brigadier general in the state’s National Guard. Gov. Wes Moore called the occasion a great day for America. Tubman escaped slavery in 1849 and then established the Underground Railroad to help others enslaved. She went on to be a scout, spy and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War. The post Harriet Tubman posthumously name

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