Monuments African Americans on The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Cleveland, Ohio

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African Americans on the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Cleveland, Ohio
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The Cuyahoga County Soldiers’ and Sailors Monument, a Civil War memorial in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, is somewhat unique: it presents images of white and black men in the Union military. That is not common among Civil War monuments and memorials, which usually depict white service men or black service men, but not both. This is enabled in part due to the huge size and scope of the monument, which allows space for more content than other, smaller constructions.

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