Shayne Davidson News Today

For years, the residents of a tiny U.P. town laid flowers and flags on an unmarked grave in their cemetery. One man was determined to find out who was buried there.

Though their accomplishments are often overlooked, African Americans played a key role in the Civil War and a new traveling exhibit is hoping to change that perception.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An art exhibit of portraits of Black soldiers who served in...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An art exhibit of portraits of Black soldiers who served in...

An art exhibit of full-sized portraits of 17 Black Civil War soldiers from across America alongside biographies of their lives before, during, and after the Civil War. Artist and medical illustrator Shayne Davidson has been touring the country with the exhibit titled Seventeen Men since 2012.

February 10, 2021 Theodore Tennant photograph that inspired Davidson’s portrait. The Lewes History Museum will open its doors to a unique exhibition combining art and African American history at 6 p.m., Friday, Feb. 12. Seventeen Men: Portraits of Black Civil War Soldiers provides a rare opportunity for the public to glimpse the lives of men who served in the 25th United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War. “Ultimately, the goal was to take 17 small, photographic ...

January 23, 2021 Portrait from Shayne Davidsons exhibition 17 Men: Portraits of Black Civil War Soldiers, opening at the Lewes History Museum Feb. 12. SUBMITTED PHOTOS “Poetry for Young People” by Langston Hughes is the February book selection for the Lewes Historical Society’s Children’s Historic Adventures in Reading program. The Lewes Historical Society is launching a new program focused on introducing age-appropriate historic literature to third- and fourth-graders in the ...