Book Signing: A Soldier's Life - A Black Woman's Rise from Army Brat to Six Triple Eight Advocate

Schedule

Sat Oct 18 2025 at 01:00 pm to 05:00 pm

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Location

Barnes & Noble | Fayetteville, NC

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Back by Popular Demand! Retired Army Colonel Edna Cummings returns to Barnes & Noble in her hometown of Fayetteville NC to sign a book referred to by Kirkus Reviews as "A fresh contribution to Black History." Due in large part to Cummings’s relentless advocacy the Six Triple Eight was awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor—the Congressional Gold Medal. Among the fewer than two hundred recipients since General George Washington in 1776 including the crew of Apollo 11 and Mother Theresa the Six Triple Eight is the only women’s military unit who served will full entitlements to receive this prestigious decoration. In A Soldier’s Life Colonel Cummings narrates her path from childhood to advocate and how she overcame incredible odds not only for herself but on behalf of those who had come before her.
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Barnes & Noble, Glensford Commons, 121 Glensford Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28314, United States

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