, and you know it did not, there was a white, and at that time the word “color” was sort of a euphemism for black..haha..and so white would uh be labeled for the white fountain, and uh for the, the fountain where whites drank and colored was the label for uh, our fountain and, and the restrooms were

persons to get it started. Um, we had set up um a nice club, and there was also a bar put in for the members to um, have libations if they wanted it. And of course, we used the um, the Elks whenever we had a ball or anything like that because the building we had was too small, so um hopefully you’ll see

Lancaster County Historical Society African-American Veterans Oral History Project Interviewer: Carole LeFever Interviewee: Sydney Bridgett Location: home of Sydney Bridgett Subject: African American-American Legion Post 780 Date of Interview: October 17, 2006 Transcription Date: January 21, 2009

us here in the States before we left or not. L: Tell me something about Charity Adams, I’ve heard that name before. Tell me who she was. W: She was our commanding officer. L: But your husband had mentioned that she was one of the first women of color to be a commanding officer. W: Oh yes, well that’s