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Richard Gill Forrester, as a teenager, raised the U.S. flag at the State Capitol when Union forces arrived
in Richmond on April 3, 1865. This photo was taken circa 1885.

Richard Gill Forrester, as a teenager, raised the U.S. flag at the State Capitol when Union forces arrived
in Richmond on April 3, 1865. This photo was taken circa 1885.

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When Freedom Came, Part 2

The Free Press presents a series chronicling the black experience during the liberation of Richmond in April 1865 and the end of the Civil War.