Spirit of Freedom Memorial, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Commissioned Project.

ID: 5519 ~ Source: Courtesy of the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities E-museum Collection
This file appears in: Public Art Tour: Spirit of Freedom Memorial
Spirit of Freedom Memorial, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Commissioned Project.
This file appears in: Public Art Tour: Spirit of Freedom Memorial

In 1993, artist Ed Hamilton was commissioned by the DC Commission for the Arts & Humanities to design a memorial for the African American Civil War Memorial. Previously, not one monument in the District honored the 178,000 Black soldiers who…