National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. Asks Congress to Keep Revolutionary War Freedom-Seekers Memorial Alive Beyond October 27 Deadline - Yahoo! News
"A project facilitator, Maurice A. Barboza, said that Liberty Fund D.C.'s meetings on Capitol Hill suggest members of Congress still believe in the memorial's significance but not in the past foundation's capacity to build it. 'The new design and Web site ( www.libertyfunddc.org ) offer Americans the inspiration and information they need to fight for the black patriots and show that their cause is still viable.'
The legislation to transfer the right to build the memorial to Liberty Fund D.C. will be introduced in July. Bill numbers and sponsors will be announced at the Web site.
Nearly two decades ago, in 1988, lawmakers approved the site at Constitution Gardens between the Lincoln memorial and the Washington Monument. They were able to set aside this hallowed ground only because the memorial qualified as being of 'preeminent historical and lasting significance to the nation.'
They heard nearly 30 witnesses from organizations and individuals, from the Prince Hall Masons, American Jewish Congress, Daughters of the American Revolution, and National Education, Association to the National Council for Black Child and Family Development. Then Howard University Professor, Dr. Portia Sheilds, representing the NCBCFD on June 13, 1985, said, 'Perhaps now, as experts grapple for ways to relieve this debilitating stress which affects all families, but blacks most, is an opportune time to introduce black family role models -- men, women and children -- who participated in The Revolution.'"
The legislation to transfer the right to build the memorial to Liberty Fund D.C. will be introduced in July. Bill numbers and sponsors will be announced at the Web site.
Nearly two decades ago, in 1988, lawmakers approved the site at Constitution Gardens between the Lincoln memorial and the Washington Monument. They were able to set aside this hallowed ground only because the memorial qualified as being of 'preeminent historical and lasting significance to the nation.'
They heard nearly 30 witnesses from organizations and individuals, from the Prince Hall Masons, American Jewish Congress, Daughters of the American Revolution, and National Education, Association to the National Council for Black Child and Family Development. Then Howard University Professor, Dr. Portia Sheilds, representing the NCBCFD on June 13, 1985, said, 'Perhaps now, as experts grapple for ways to relieve this debilitating stress which affects all families, but blacks most, is an opportune time to introduce black family role models -- men, women and children -- who participated in The Revolution.'"
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