Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Prince Romerson

Prince Romerson

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/February 1, 2020 by Ealdgyth - Talk 19:51, 25 January 2020 (UTC)



Prince Romerson (c. 1840 – 1872) was a Native Hawaiian who fought in the American Civil War at a time when the Kingdom of Hawaii was an independent nation. Living in the American Northeast before the war, Romerson enlisted in the Union Navy in 1863 and served in the Atlantic Blockading Squadron. After being discharged, he reenlisted in the 5th Regiment Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry, a United States Colored Troops (USCT) regiment, in April 1864. Romerson rose to the rank of sergeant and was mustered out in October 1865, due to illness. After the war, like many USCT veterans, he remained in the army as a member of the Buffalo Soldiers (pictured), serving on the western frontier. In 2010, he was commemorated with over 100 other Native Hawaiian and Hawaiian-born "Hawaiʻi Sons of the Civil War" when a bronze plaque was erected along the memorial pathway at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Emanuel Moravec Dec 9 2019. But that was a WWII Czech collaborationist.
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 * Promoted: February 4, 2017
 * Reasons for nomination: I think that the article is interesting, well written and different from any TFA for quite a while. I am nominating on behalf of the article's primary author, who is "not too crazy about the [nomination] process". Nb, has checked and approved the blurb.
 * Support as nominator. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:07, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Support as main editor. KAVEBEAR (talk) 19:33, 18 January 2020 (UTC)