BATTLE OF NEW MARKET HEIGHTS MEMORIAL AND EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

1. TO CASUE TO BE DESIGNED, BUILT, ERECTED AND PRESERVED FOR ALL TIME A HISTORIC MONUMENT HONORING THE UNITED STATES COLOED TROOPS WHO FOUGHT IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR BATTLE OF NEW MARKET HEIGHTS, SEPTEMBER 29, 1864 AT A LOCATION WHICH IS NOW IN HENRICO COUNTY; 2. TO DETERMINE THE BEST PLACE OR PLACES TO SITUATE THE MONUMENT WININ HENRICO COUNTY,VIRGINIA TO HONOR THE UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS WHO FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF NEW MARKET HEIGHTS. CURRENTLY THE MONUMENT IS TO BE SITUATED IN FOUR MILE CREEK PARK HAVING ALREADY RECEIVED PERMISSION TO ERECT THE MONUMENT AT THAT SITE FROM HENRICO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND 3.TO INSPOIRE .EDUCATE AND INCREASE AWARENESS BY PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD OF THE BRAVERY, HEROISM, AND COMMITMENT OF THE UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS WHO FOUGHT AT THE BATTLE OF NEW MARKET HEIGHTS.