from their own united states soldiers. through all that, they came to know each other and to rely on each other and to trust each other. in 1897, a monument, the 54th was unveiled at boston common in which, as we can see in this photograph of number of veterans of the unit, were there for the unveiling designed by augustus. our it's a massive monument you can see 11 feet wide. i'm sorry 14 feet wide and 11 feet high. you know, today there is much in our world that seems to glorify the degrading and the destructive, the darker side, the worst of our human existence, but the courage and, commitment of africans american men such as those we've talked about, the first kansas colored. regiment in the first and third louisiana native guards in the massachusetts 54th. those men who took up arms to secure their their liberty, civil rights and indeed the rights for all america begins. remind us of the virtuous in the honorable and the courageous and the best of our human nature in our collective past. you know, the story of african-american soldiers in, the civil war. it is the story. those who fought for liberty, civil rights and freedom, and abraham lincoln certainly understood