Henry A. Cameron American Legion Family Post 6 Nashville TN

Henry A. Cameron American Legion Family Post 6 Nashville TN Welcome to the Henry A Cameron American Legion. We were the 6th post founded here in the state of TN. Cameron is buried at St.

Our Name sake:
1) Born 4 Geb 1872
2) Graduated Meigs High School: 1892
3) Awarded Bachelor of Arts Degree Fisk University 1896
4) Science Teacher @ Pearl High School 1897
5) Bachelor of Law Degree from Central TN College 1898
6) Married June 5, 1899
7) Pearl High School 1st Baseball & Basketball Coach
8) Pres of the Mid TN teachers association
9) 32nd Degree Mason
10) June 1917 Voluntee

red for the US Army
11) Oct 1917 Made 1st LT
12) June 1918 France Assigned to Company M, 365 infantry regiment, 92nd division
13) 30 Oct 1918 Killed in the battle of the Argonne Forest
14) Was the 1st of 3 black men promoted to officer from TN
15) Was the 1st black officer to die from TN
16) Lt. Mihiel American Cemetery in Thaiucourt, France
17) 1919 American Legion Post 6 was named in his honor
18) 1928 The Cameron School in Nashville TN was named in his honor

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621 E Old Hickory Boulevard
Madison, TN
37115

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