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Veterans and dignitaries break ground for African-American Civil War veterans memorial

Ground broken for memorial to honor African-American Civil War veterans

Rectifying what one organizer called a “historical oversight,” a groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial to honor African-American veterans of Lyon Post No. 31 of the Grand Army of the Republic was held Tuesday at Hagerstown’s Rose Hill Cemetery.

The Grand Army of the Republic was a veterans organization for those who battled for the Union during the Civil War.