Confederate flags fluttered over graves of Southern veterans of the war between the states as people of the South paid tribute to their dead on Confederate Memorial Day at St. Petersburg, Florida, April 26, 1952. An elderly Black man and a Black boy stand with bowed heads over the graves of soldiers who a few yesteryears ago fought for what they believed was right. (AP Photo)
A Richmond City Council panel has advanced a resolution that requests funding for a statue on the city’s famed Monument Avenue that would honor African American troops who fought for the Union during the Civil War.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports the resolution also asks the city administration to develop a plan for erecting the statue that would memorialize 14 Medal of Honor recipients from a U.S. Colored Troops regiment of the Union Army.
A private foundation is conducting a fundraising effort for the statue, and the city’s resolution would chip in $5,000.
The full council might take action on the measure next week.
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