Black Revolutionary War Patriots Memorial
Constitution Gardens, The Washington Mall
Washington, D.C.

This memorial was commissioned by the Patriots Memorial Foundation of Washington, D.C. It will honor the 5,000 enslaved Africans and Free persons that served and fought in the American Revolution from 1776 to 1781.

The site will feature a precinct enclosed by an arching granite monolith and bronze sculpture. The sculpture, which will rise from 30" to 7.5 feet high is 90 feet long and will depict the enslaved Africans contribution to America and the Revolution from 1619 to 1781. It will contain some 67 figurative images with the last scene an African American family at the end of the war in 1781, gazing at the Lincoln Memorial contemplating their fate.