# @common_defense on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYwdXdjgOHN
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66491986-common-defense-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/a934031f7f.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-05-25T09:49:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Common Defense (@common_defense) — https://gondola.cc/common_defense

## Caption

Sigma Oliver served 11 years. He will tell you Memorial Day did not begin the way most of us were taught.

The real origin runs through the Black community, and through his own family's legacy of service.

It is a story almost no one learns in school.

#MemorialDay #BlackHistory #Veterans #CommonDefense

## Stats

- **Views:** 394
- **Likes:** 73
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 8

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Josh Mindemann | @Josh_Mindemann | https://gondola.cc/Josh_Mindemann | Editor |
| Josh Mindemann | @Josh_Mindemann | https://gondola.cc/Josh_Mindemann | Sound Designer |
| Josh Mindemann | @Josh_Mindemann | https://gondola.cc/Josh_Mindemann | Graphic Designer |
| Josh Mindemann | @Josh_Mindemann | https://gondola.cc/Josh_Mindemann | Motion Designer |

## Tags

veterans, blackhistory, memorialday, commondefense

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