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UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL STATUE

UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL STATUE
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Location: 21550 WILLOWS ROAD

City: LEXINGTON PARK

State: Maryland

Zip Code: 20653

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Year Dedicated: 2012

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: RICHARD E. MILLER

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE SERVED IN EVERY WAR SINCE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. DURING THE CIVIL WAR, MORE THAN 180,000 AFRICAN AMERICANS COMPRISING 170 UNITS SERVED IN THE UNION ARMY AND 29,511 SERVED IN THE UNION NAVY.

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