Keywords: African America Civil War Memorial, Washington, D.C LCCN2010630860.tif 1 photograph digital TIFF file color Notes Title date and subjects provided by the photographer ; Gift and purchase; Carol M Highsmith; 2009; DLC/PP-2010 031 ; Credit line Carol M Highsmith's America Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Forms part of Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; The African American Civil War Memorial at the corner of Vermont Avenue 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 by Ed Hamilton of Louisville Kentucky was commissioned by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and completed in 1997 2006 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2010630860 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/04800/04880a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 04880 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 04880 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Photographs by Carol M Highsmith |