African American Civil War Museum opens in Washington

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Published on Jul 19, 2011 by

With a fife and drum band playing Yankee Doodle and civil war re-enactors sweltering in the summer sun, a museum honoring the contribution of African Americans in the US Civil War has moved into its new home to Washington.Duration: 00:52

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  • @MrGoTWO2 This is the of the Museum that honors the black soldiers who fought for Freedom. They were the 178,000 US Colored Troops (as they were officially called) that joined the Union Army to fight for freedom. Without narration it was hard to tell what was going on. The new museum had a ribbon cutting.  and note---the song that was playing was Yankee Doodle (the north), not Dixie (the south).

  • Dont understand the concept...are they honoring the people who fought against the Emancipation Proclamation? I'm jus' sayin'...somebody help me....

  • this is actually a good idea. because you can learn of the african civil wars that went on, and are happening today, you get new information on different wars each visit. Probably learn all about genocide, famine and free labour. if i'm ever in the area i would check it out

  • Ah race, that one-way street of double standards, where 'more', equals imaginary 'parity'.

  • DC Ya'll

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