Resolutions of Support
Public Law 98-245
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That—
(3) the Congress encourages State legislatures and city councils, especially those located in jurisdictions that provided black soldiers to the Continental Army and to State and local militias, and in jurisdictions where battles occurred, to issue proclamations acknowledging black contributions to the cause of freedom;
Liberty Fund DC has shared the names of local patriots with 426 cities, towns and counties in five states.
By 2012, scores of communities, state legislatures and governors in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Virginia and North Carolina, among others, had approved resolutions honoring local patriots and urging Congress to approve the National Liberty Memorial Act.
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