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	The artwork on this flag (6th USCT) is credited to David Bustill Bowser of Philadelphia. It's motto is "Freedom for All." This flag was rescued by Sergeant Major Thomas R. Hawkins during the assault at New Market Heights, Virginia, on September 29, 1864.
	The motto of this regimental flag (24th USCT) was "Let soldiers in War be Citizens in Peace." This sentiment echoes the ideas of Frederick Douglass.

 What did the motto of the Sixth United States Colored Troops regimental flag mean by the words "Freedom for All?"

 What was meant by the words "Let soldiers in War be Citizens in Peace?"

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