Thomas Carney had to wait 250 years, but he’s finally getting his monument.

Carney, one of the few Black soldiers to hold the rank of corporal in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, is just one of the approximately 150 Black Maryland patriots who will be honored with a new memorial at the State House.

The state Board of Public Works approved two allocations totaling $402,462 for the monument during its Wednesday meeting, according to public records : $311,500 to sculptor Branly Cadet, and $90,962 to Campion Hruby Landscape Architects, which will develop a site on the southeast lawn of the State House and near the original 18th century entrance to the building.

“Carney was one of many Maryland African Americans who enlisted and served in integrated units during

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