“Spirit of Freedom”: African American Civil War Memorial (Washington, D.C.)

“Spirit of Freedom”: African American Civil War Memorial (Washington, D.C.)

Subject (Topic)
Men--United States Colored Troops
Associations--Military
Northeastern United States
Public art
Public sculpture

Subject (Object Type)
Commemorative sculpture

The work depicts three infantrymen and a sailor. Above the group is a personification of the "Spirit of Freedom." The other side of the statue includes a scene of a soldier and his family.

Hamilton, Ed, 1947-

Photographs by Renée Ater

Dedicated: July 18, 1998

The African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation

National Park Service

JPEG

English

Visual Arts-Sculpture

1925 Vermont Ave, NW, Washington, DC, 20001, United States

Inscription on base: 

"Civil War to Civil Rights and Beyond. This Memorial is dedicated to those who served in African American units of the Union Army in the Civil War. The 209,145 names inscribed on these walls commemorate those fighters of freedom."

108 in. (274.32 cm.)

Bronze

"Memorial & Museum History." The African American Civil War Museum. Accessed Janaurary 21, 2019: https://www.afroamcivilwar.org/about-us/memorial-museum-history.html

Renée Ater

Sculpture

108 in. (274.32 cm.)