At a State House ceremony, Gilmore was awarded France’s highest civilian award, for his role in liberating France and for his refusal to let discrimination hold him back while in the Army and at home.
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Marvin E. Gilmore Jr. has owned a bank, helped revive parts of Roxbury, owns a Cambridge nightspot, and is considered one of the most stylish people in greater Boston, even at 86 years old.
Today, however, Gilmore was honored for what he did as a teenager – dropped out of school, enlisted in the Army, stormed ashore onto Normandy’s beaches on June 6, 1944, even though as an African-American he faced ruthless racism from fellow soldiers.
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