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Meet your Private tour guide in the African American district and go to the museum where you will learn about the history of the african american role in the civil war and see the poignant memorial with its large bronze sculpture honors the some 220,000 African American and Hispanica soldiers and 20,000 black sailors who served the Union during the Civil War.
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Duration: 2 hours
Starts: Washington, United States
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Meet your Private tour guide in the African American district and go to the museum where you will learn about the history of the african american role in the civil war and see the poignant memorial with its large bronze sculpture honors the some 220,000 African American and Hispanica soldiers and 20,000 black sailors who served the Union during the Civil War.
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Stop At: African American Civil War Memorial & Museum, 1925 Vermont Ave NW, Washington DC, DC 20001-4125
Visit with a local tour guide The African American Civil War Museum and the Memorial in the African American district .
The museum pieces together a story that was totally invisible at the time of the centenary of the CIvil War in the early 1960s.
This is an informative museum that starts with a brief background of Africans becoming enslaved and then African Americans military involvement in the civil war all the way to World War ll with a concentration on the civil war, it is very informative, and tells the story that many people never get to hear.
You will stop by the African American Civil war memorial and surrounding the monument there are silver plaques dedicated to African Americans that fought in the war.
Duration: 2 hours
