Issue Date: January 28, 1997
City: Washington, DC
Quantity: 112,000,000
Printed By: Banknote Corp. of America
Printing Method: Lithographed
Perforations: Serpentine die cut11.4
Color: Multicolored
Benjamin Davis Becomes First African American General In The U.S. Army
On October 25, 1940, Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. was appointed the first African American General in U.S. Army.
Born July 1, 1877 in Washington, D.C., Benjamin Davis was studying at Howard University when the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898. He enlisted in the Army as a private, starting a long and distinguished military career.