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Posted February 19, 2010
Topics: Arts/Culture, Economy, Government/Politics

There’s a striking new addition to the historic and powerful works of art at the Statehouse. It’s a portrait of Benjamin O. Davis Jr., the African American general in the US Air Force. General Davis was from Ohio, and was one of the original members of a trailblazing group that helped bring integration to the military. The Tuskegee Airmen were launched in World War II, and were the first African Americans to fly combat aircraft. The fighter group was awarded 100 distinguished flying crosses and eventually the Congressional Gold Medal. A handful of Ohio Tuskegee Airmen, including Hilton Carter and Robert Peeples, came out in the snow to celebrate the portrait of General Davis, painted by Paul Tepper from the Columbus College of Art and Design.