250 years later, a Black Revolutionary War soldier may finally get recognition in Western Mass.

250 years later, a Black Revolutionary War soldier may finally get recognition in Western Mass.

BELCHERTOWN — A few years ago, Bonnie Papoulias discovered that she had a Black ancestor who was present in Texas on Juneteenth, or June 19, 1865, when enslaved people across that state were pronounced free, two months after the end of the Civil War.