WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — As we approach the end of Black History Month, an event held at one of the iconic monuments in the Cape Fear region honored the forgotten patriots who fought in the first fight for freedom in America.
Zachariah Jacobs, also known as Holmes, was born in New Hanover County in 1760.
A free man, Jacobs fought in the Continental Army against the British during the American Revolutionary War…