Black War of 1812 Veteran Honored-- Part 1: Richard Hill

From the September 15, 2012, Kennebec (Maine) Journal "War of 1812 veteran gets his due, late" by Beth Quimby.

Richard Hill, a black veteran of the War of 1812, received military honors and a veteran's headstone after a brief ceremony in the Colored Ground in Eastern Cemetery in Portland, Maine, 151 years after his death.

He is believed to have witnessed the British attack on Fort McHenry. His gravesite was forgotten after his death in 1861 at the hands of his son, who murdered him outside their home in Munjoy Hill.

Unfortunately, his new stone lists his death as 1881.

Larry Glatz of South Portland came across Hill's name while researching Mainers who fought the British in 1812.

About Time. Nice Son.    --Brock-Perry