Acknowledgements

The Pursuit of Transcendent Liberty was made possible through the dedicated efforts of many. We recognized their efforts with gratitude, particularly:

Members of the State House Trust

  • Chair: Lt. Governor Aruna Miller (designee of Governor Wes Moore)
  • Ex Officios:
    • Bill Ferguson, President of the Senate
    • Joseline Pena-Melnyk, Speaker of the House of Delegates
    • Laura Mears, President, Board of Trustees, Maryland Historical Trust
  • Secretary: Elaine Rice Bachmann, State Archivist, Maryland State Archives

Black Patriot Monument Advisory Committee

  • Malcolm L. Augustine, Senator, Maryland General Assembly
  • Major General Janeen L. Birckhead, Adjutant General of Maryland
  • Jerome C. Gray, AIA, Commissioner, Maryland Commission on Public Art
  • Elizabeth Hughes, Director, Maryland Historical Trust
  • Diane Hutchins, Commissioner, Maryland Commission on Artistic Property
  • Chanel C .Johnson, Executive Director of the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture and the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum
  • Steven X. Lee, Director, Heritage Museum
  • Michael J. Rogers, Delegate, Maryland General Assembly
  • Anthony C. Woods, Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2023-2025)

Department of General Services

  • Mark M. Scheidman, Architect, Capital Project Executive Design, Construction & Energy

Maryland Commission on Public Art (Maryland State Arts Council)

  • C. Ryan Patterson, Program Director, Public Art
  • Nora Howell, Public Art Project Manager

Maryland State Archives (Maryland Commission on Artistic Property)

  • Jennifer Hafner Abbott, Deputy Director, Research, Education & Outreach, and Deputy Commissioner of Land Patents
  • Elaine Rice Bachmann, State Archivist and Commissioner of Land Patents, Secretary, State House Trust
  • Betsy Bodziak, Deputy CIO
  • Robin Gower, Curator, Maryland Commission on Artistic Property
  • Chris Haley, Director of Research, Education and Outreach and the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland Program
  • William F. Kelly, Ph.D., Research Archivist, Legacy of Slavery in Maryland Program
  • Christopher J. Kintzel, Director, Maryland Commission on Artistic Property
  • Owen Lourie, Senior Research Archivist
  • Ian Smith, Webmaster
  • Emily Oland Squires, Assistant State Archivist

Design and Construction

  • Campion Hruby Landscape Architects
  • The Christman Company - Construction Manager
  • James Posey Associates
  • Lorton Stone
  • Ruppert Landscaping
  • Freestate Electrical
  • Fine Arts Specialists, LLC
  • Artworks Foundry
  • Graphics By Design

With Appreciation for Additional Assistance from

  • Lawrence Babits, Ph.D.
  • Nicole Belolan, Ph.D.
  • Christopher L. Brown, D. Phil., Columbia University
  • Henry Cooke
  • Fred Gaede
  • Ross Kimmel
  • Cheyney McKnight
  • Tyler Putnam, Ph.D., Museum of the American Revolution
  • Judith L. Van Buskirk, Ph. D, SUNY Courtland

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