~ NCWM Loses A Member of its Board and Advisory Council ~

Harold “Hari” Jones, a board member of the National Civil War Museum, as well as a member of its Advisory Council passed away unexpectedly on June 22, 2018. Mr. Jones had a long and distinguished career as a member of the armed services as well as a Civil War historian. He was a native of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. He spent 21 years in the United States Marine Corps retiring from it with the rank of captain in 1997. He was one of the leading authorities in the nation on African American troops during and after the American Civil War, and for 12 years was the assistant director as well as the curator of the African American Civil War Memorial & Museum in Washington, DC. He was a frequent guest and commentator on many national television programs and networks including Fox, NBC, CSPAN and the American Heroes Channel. In 2015, as part of his work with the National Civil War Museum, Mr. Jones gave lectures at the facility including the groundbreaking four-part series entitled the “Lost Story: A Comprehensive Story of African Americans in the Civil War." A year later, he was a historical advisor and presenter in a one hour documentary film entitled the “African American Oral History Project Part One” which highlighted untold stories of African Americans in the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania both during and after the American Civil War.

The family plans services for Mr. Jones in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma on July 3, 2018 at the Bethlehem Baptist Church. A public service will be held in his memory at the African American Civil War Museum located at 1925 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001 at 2:00 PM on Saturday, July 21, 2018.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family during this period.