The Colored Soldiers Monument (also known as the African American Soldiers Monument) is dedicated in Frankfort’s Green Hill Cemetery by the George M. Monroe Chapter 8, Kentucky Colored Corps, a division of the Women’s Relief Corps of the Grand Army of the Republic. The monument honors 142 Black men from central Kentucky who mustered into the Federal army at Camp Nelson and gave their lives for the Union cause.

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The Colored Soldiers Monument (also known as the African American Soldiers Monument) is dedicated in Frankfort’s Green Hill Cemetery by the George M. Monroe Chapter 8, Kentucky Colored Corps, a division of the Women’s Relief Corps of the Grand Army of the Republic. The monument honors 142 Black men from central Kentucky who mustered into the Federal army at Camp Nelson and gave their lives for the Union cause.

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camptimeline

Date

1924-07-04

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museums@eu-lac.org

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Event

Identifier

2920

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02/04/2025 10:31:25 am

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University of St Andrews

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