{"id":9976,"date":"2024-11-11T14:07:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T14:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/?p=9976"},"modified":"2025-03-04T18:18:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T18:18:58","slug":"maryland-national-guard-commissioned-harriet-tubman-as-one-star-general-for-her-military-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/2024\/11\/11\/maryland-national-guard-commissioned-harriet-tubman-as-one-star-general-for-her-military-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland National Guard commissioned Harriet Tubman as one-star general for her military service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Capt. Dylan Bradford

CHURCH CREEK, Md. \u2013 Maryland Governor Wes Moore and the Maryland National Guard honored Harriet Tubman\u2019s military contributions to the United States and Maryland by posthumously commissioning her as a Brigadier General during a ceremony at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park & Visitor Center in Dorchester County, November 11, 2024.

Maj. Gen. Janeen L. Birckhead, the adjutant general of Maryland, hosted the ceremony, which officially recognized Tubman\u2019s wartime service as a spy, scout, nurse, and cook, granting her a one-star general rank in the Maryland Army National Guard. Ernestine \u201cTina\u201d Martin Wyatt, the great-great-great-grandniece of Harriet Tubman, represented Tubman\u2019s family and received the commissioning proclamation on her behalf.

Delegate Edith J. Patterson,who introduced the legislation that allowed Gov. Moore to commission Tubman posthumously, delivered remarks and Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates Adrienne A. Jones presented proclamations to Wyatt.

\u201cEach daring mission behind enemy territory was worthy of a medal,\u201d said Birckhead. \u201cWith courage and selflessness, Harriet Tubman nobly advanced the survival of the Union and the proposition that all people are created equal.\u201d

Attached to the Union Army during the Civil War, Tubman’s intelligence-gathering missions provided crucial information about Confederate troop movements, ammunition depots, and supply lines, which led to strategic Union victories. Notably, Tubman led armed raids which resulted in freedom for over 750 enslaved people and disrupted Confederate resources.

The ceremony featured music from the Maryland Army National Guard\u2019s 229th Army Band and a flyover by the Maryland Air National Guard\u2019s 104th Fighter Squadron.

This recognition came following Maryland General Assembly legislation passed earlier in the year, allowing for posthumous military appointments under SB0707\/HB1026.

\u201cI could not think of a more appropriate day to lift up one of the greatest Marylanders and patriots we have ever seen,\u201d said Gov. Moore. “Today we honor her legacy by putting on paper what we\u2019ve always known in our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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