African American Veterans Monument coming to Naval and Military Park

Veterans point out, there are monuments, even entire museums, dedicated to the contributions of African Americans in this country’s fight for freedom.

But founders of Buffalo’s African American Veterans Monument say this is the first testament to their taking part in all of America’s wars.

This was the first Naval and Military Park Memorial Day service recognizing the African American Veterans Monument.

The monument has been in the planning stages for more than four years, and the design features 12 black 10-foot columns representing America’s 12 wars and military conflicts going all the way back to the death of Crispus Attucks, an escaped slave who was the first to be cut down by British troops in the Boston Massacre of 1770.