Request for CPA funds to fabricate and install a memorial stone interpretive sign in West Cemetery honoring the memory and Civil War service of Christopher Thompson, a black resident of Amherst who, along with approximately 20 other black men, enlisted for Amherst and fought for the Union during the Civil War. The memorial sign would identify the African American section of the cemetery and commemorate the Civil War service of five members of the Thompson family--four brothers and Christopher’s son, Charles. Charles and his uncle John Thompson are buried in West Cemetery. Christopher is known to be buried there, but there is no surviving headstone for him. The Historical Commission has obtained the permission of the family and proposes to erect this memorial stone interpretive sign next to the headstone of Christopher’s son Charles.