Symbol of pride, freedom and power! Statuary representation of the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry dedicated in Butler, Missouri, October 2008 by the Amen Society and public and private citizens! These were the first black troops to fight (and win) in the Civil War. The Amen Society is a benevolent corporation established by Larry Delano Coleman, Esq, while pastoring Brooks Chapel AME Church in Butler in 1999.
The final photo was taken at the State of Missouri's historic site that was dedicated on October 27, 2012, in Bates County, Missouri. This 40-acre site is exclusivey dedicated to the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry's famous "Battle of Island Mound," reclaimed from obscurity by the efforts of the Amen Society and by cartographer/historian, Chris Tabor, formerly of Butler, Missouri.
