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Article: Ceremony Honors Revolutionary War's Forgotten Black Soldiers
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- The Washington Post
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- November 12, 1994
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A single baritone sang "Amazing Grace" yesterday afternoon from
a hillside where one day a monument may stand in honor of African
Americans who served in the Revolutionary War.
The platoon-size gathering at Constitution Gardens - part of
the nation's Veterans Day ceremonies - included veterans from three
wars, elected officials, tourists and Joanne Jones, a Northwest
Washington woman who is a descendant of four people who served in
the Revolutionary War.
"This memorial is important not just for my family, but for
America," said Jones, whose relative, Barzaillai Lew, of Lowell,
Mass., served as a fife player and drummer with the colonial army in
the Battle of Bunker Hill.
"African ...