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Cover: New York - Union Square Route - Presentation of Colors to the 20th U.S. Colored Infantry

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14 Street - Union Square Station, New York, NY 10003, USA
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2002
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Presentation of colors to the 20th U.S. Colored Infantry at the Union League Club Home

INSTALLED 2002
Photography:
2018
Yael Gairola
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Raising the flag for the Afro-American 20 regiment that fought alongside the northern states during the civil war. The ceremony took place on March 5, 1864
The plaque is identical to the one that appeared in the Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper on 26 March 1864.

Part of a series of plaques surrounding Union Park and describing the history of the square and events from the United Workers’ Movement (Union)

The plaques are made of bronze, designed by Gregg LeFevre and set up in 2002

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