Maurice Barboza Leads Movement Seeking to Honor Blacks who Fought the British

From the Milford Daily News: Sixty-one known black patriots, both slaves and free men, from MetroWest and Milford-area towns, fought in the Revolutionary War. In May, four members of Congress filed bills in the Senate and House to create a monument in Washington to those men and their thousands of brothers in arms. The effort is 25 years in the making and led by Maurice Barboza, founder of The National Mall Liberty Fund DC, who is seeking support from local communities for the monument. Read more