Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/William Harvey Carney

William Harvey Carney

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Original – William Harvey Carney, who escaped slavery, joined the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and, for his actions with recovering the American flag during the Second Battle of Fort Wagner in 1863, was (37 years later) awarded the first Medal of Honor ever awarded to an African-American.

Reason

Sharp, high quality, especially for the early 1900s, and a very notable subject.

Articles in which this image appears

William Harvey Carney

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Military

Creator

James E. Reed, restored by Adam Cuerden

• Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.7% of all FPs} 17:17, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 03:37, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
• Support Ooh, this is a nice one! Panini! • 🥪 11:33, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
• Support - UnpetitproleX (talk) 13:44, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
• Support. MER-C 16:52, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Promoted File:William Harvey Carney by James E Reed - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:34, 10 May 2022 (UTC)