Article Title: Civil war veteran in Rockford receives gravestone
Article Excerpt: "...ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Rockford’s Ethnic Heritage Museum dedicates a gravestone for Robert Parker...
The museum’s African American gallery, after working with the local and federal Veterans Administration, has created a gravestone for Parker’s burial plot in Cedar Bluff Cemetery – his grave currently does not have one.
Officials say Parker, born 1823, was well respected in Rockford where he volunteered with the 102nd United States Army Colored Troops. ..."
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