From the November 12, 2022, Port City Daily, Wilmington, N.C., by She Carver.
Lights dot the area between tall pine trees near the 2,500 pound sculpture "Boundless" created by Durham artist Stephen Hayes which was installed on Federal Point Road last year. The sculpture memorializes 11 men and a drummer boy on a place where 1,800 black USCT soldiers fought for their freedom more than 150 years ago during the closing days of the Civil War.
This historic site will be christened as the nation's first USCT (United States Colored Troops) this weekend. CAM (Cameron Art Museum) is hosting a community day Sunday, welcoming locals to explore the park and all museum exhibits are free.
Roughly 250 feet from the museum's front door, the park is situated where the Battle of Forks Road took place, which sealed the fate of Wilmington, North Carolina in the month after Fort Fisher fell.
Since 1980, local historian Chris Fonvielle has studied the grounds where CAM is located -- excavating rathworks, bullets, cannonball fragments, military uniform buttons and other relics.
--Old B-Runner
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