Michigan
Detroit · Ypsilanti · Albion · Ann Arbor
A public record
Recognition was part of the work of remembrance.
Communities passed resolutions, issued proclamations, and asked that the history of local patriots represented in The Invisibles of 1776 be preserved and shared. Those actions did not complete the Memorial, but they marked a public commitment to education, historical recovery, and commemoration.
Public Law 98-245, approved in 1984, encouraged state legislatures and city councils to issue proclamations acknowledging Black contributions to the cause of freedom.
Community roster
Towns, cities, counties, and states honoring local Patriots
This roster transcribes the named communities shown on the National Liberty Memorial Resolutions of Support page.
Connecticut
Plainville · Farmington · West Hartford · Wallingford · New Milford · Lebanon · Lyme · Litchfield · Coventry · Hebron · Old Saybrook · Somers · Granby · Groton · Mansfield · Bolton · Thompson · Colchester · Norwich
Virginia
Alexandria City · Alleghany · Amelia · Appomattox · Arlington County · Bath · Brunswick · Buckingham · Caroline · Charles City County · Chesterfield · Fairfax County · Fluvanna · Goochland · King and Queen · New Kent · Prince William · Richmond County · Louisa · Scott · Shenandoah · Pittsylvania · Wythe · Nelson · Patrick
Massachusetts
Lancaster · Oxford · Chester · Harwich · Edgartown · Montague · Reading · Great Barrington · Deerfield · Northampton · Woburn · Wellfleet · Natick · Billerica · Amherst · Littleton
North Carolina
Craven County · Charlotte · Anson
Rhode Island
Smithfield · Little Compton
Louisiana
New Orleans
Ohio
Marietta
South Carolina
Saluda County
Statewide actions
Governors, legislatures, and public bodies
Michigan governor2019
Connecticut governorDate documented in source material
Connecticut General AssemblyRecognition recorded
Virginia governor2008
North Carolina governorRecognition recorded
North Carolina General Assembly2013 resolution honoring African American Revolutionary War heroes
Rhode Island governorRecognition recorded
Continue exploring
From recognition to the records themselves.
The community roster will become a searchable collection as source documents are added. Visitors will be able to search by community, state, issuing body, recognition type, or year—and then open the associated public document.
Read the original resolutions page
Slide presentationExplore the background of the Memorial and Atlas