The real home that we fight for

Transcript

Transcript

You know, throughout slavery, its aftermath and fallout – and out of one of the greatest lies ever told, God brought forth one of the greatest truths: that in fact, all men have the right, the God given right, to be free.

And this whole idea, of making America live up to what it says it is, is the reason why my uncle enlisted. It's kind of a home, the real home that we fight for. It’s the flag that we fly, it’s why we wrap ourselves in the flag.

Description

Excerpt from an interview with Robert Harris, whose uncle Eugene Coffee, Jr. died in the munitions explosion at Port Chicago Naval Magazine

Credit

Interview by Isabel Ziegler and Anna Christie, National Park Service, July 25, 2023

Date Created

07/25/2023

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