F25-19 - A Profile of the 29th CT Volunteer Colored Infantry
Class | Registration opens 9/2/2025 9:00 AM
The 29th Infantry in CT made history. During the Civil War in 1864, it was the state’s first volunteer infantry of color.
Chris Barlow
Chris Barlow is a community advocate and historical researcher whose work honors the legacy of Black Civil War veterans. As a Co-Founder of the Berlin Equity Action Team and Director of Diversity Programming at the Berlin Historical Society, he led the effort to add Berlin ,CT to the Connecticut Freedom Trail. His award- winning documentary The 29th Connecticut, tells the powerful and heroic story of Connecticut’s all-Black regiment and is the centerpiece of today’s Veterans Day presentation.