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With fundraising target met, construction will soon begin on monument to Black veterans
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (Tribune News Service) Supporters of a project to install a monument honoring African American military veterans have received good news with the approach of Memorial Day.
The final piece of funding is in place to begin construction.
The memorial, to be located at the Buffalo & Erie County Naval and Military Park on Buffalo s waterfront, will be the first in the U.S. to honor Black military veterans who fought in every American war to date, organizers say. Through the Revolutionary War all the way up to the war on terrorism, said Warren K. Galloway, chairman of the committee spearheading the monument. It s the first monument in the country that directly honors African Americans in all the wars that this country s been in, all in one place.