How did Henson feel when the American flag was planted at the North Pole?

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29 April, 05:42

How did Henson feel when the American flag was planted at the North Pole?

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Slade Ochoa · Answer 1

Henson offered his services as a valet, and they remained together for most of the next two decades ... In his 1912 memoir, "A Negro Explorer at the North Pole," Henson recalled his feelings at the moment Peary planted the American flag at what they thought was the pole.

Macey Koch · Answer 2

When the American flag was planted at the North Pole, Henson felt joy and exhilaration. Henson felt that he had been chosen by fate to represent his race in this world accomplishment.