African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation and Museum

The African American Civil War Memorial, at the corner of Vermont Avenue, 10th St, and U Street NW in Washington, D.C., commemorates the service of 209,145 African-American soldiers and sailors who fought for the Union in the American Civil War. The sculpture, 'The Spirit of Freedom', is a 9-foot bronze statue by Ed Hamilton of Louisville, Kentucky, commissioned by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities in 1993 and completed in 1997. The memorial includes a walking area with curved panel short walls inscribed with the names of the men who served in the war. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation and Museum has hosted 10 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1999 Forum. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2012 with an average of 3,855 views per video. Most appearances with Frank Smith Jr. (5), Hari Jones (3), Lyndia Grant-Briggs (2). Most common tags: Civil War, African American History, African Americans.