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Memorial honors black Civil War veterans in DC
Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt broke ground on an African American Civil War Memorial in Washington's Shaw neighborhood near 10th and U Street. The semi circular wall will bear the names of black Union soldiers and 7,000 white officers, with funding from the District of Columbia, the National Park Service and Metro.
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Washington
Interior
Bruce Babbitt
Babbitt
Shaw
10Th
U Street
N.W
Robert Gould Shaw
54Th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Frank Smith Jr
District of Columbia
Paul 8. Devrouax Jr
Edward D. Danson Jr
National Park Service
Metro Transportation System