Richard Schultz of Schultz Monument Co., standing in middle, and Alan Schwartz, also with the company, lower middle, work at the installation of the United States Colored Troop Memorial, from sculptor Roy W. Butler, as Denise Lincoln of Cape Girardeau holds an umbrella Sunday outside the Common Pleas Courthouse Annex at Ivers Square in downtown Cape Girardeau. ...
Richard Schultz of Schultz Monument Co., standing in middle, and Alan Schwartz, also with the company, lower middle, work at the installation of the United States Colored Troop Memorial, from sculptor Roy W. Butler, as Denise Lincoln of Cape Girardeau holds an umbrella Sunday outside the Common Pleas Courthouse Annex at Ivers Square in downtown Cape Girardeau. As stated on its front plaque, the statue is presented by "Old Town Cape, Inc. and the inheritors of the freedom for which these men fought." A statue unveiling and dedication ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 8 with the unveiling ceremony at 11 a.m. at Ivers Square.Jacob Wiegand
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