Camay Calloway Murphy, the daughter of jazz great, Cab Calloway, led the charge to bring the statue of Ernest Burke to Havre de Grace in 2021. She explained why she was so determined to have him remembered.Murphy, 95, was the chair of the Ernest Burke Memorial Committee. She spoke with 11 News about his beginnings."He came from relatively humble beginnings. he was homeless and orphaned at about 9- or 10-years-old, but that didn't stop him he like picked up little scraps of twigs and whatnot and sold them when people were starting their fires," Murphy said.A Canadian family temporarily living in Havre de Grace noticed Burke's entrepreneurship and took him to Quebec to live with them. He attended high school there but would later return to his native country to serve."He was a patriot. He felt when World War II came that he had some obligation to the United States, so he was one of the first Blacks to join the Black Marine Corps," Murphy said.Murphy said it was the Army that helped Burke hone his baseball skills. After the war, he joined the Baltimore Elite Giants, a Negro League Baseball team. He played third base and pitcher from 1947 to 1949."He wasn't a champ or anything, but he made a mark in the years that he was there," she said.Murphy said she believes strongly that Burke and others like him cannot be forgotten."Who went to war for America then couldn't play and couldn't be with a team in his native country. that story needs to be told," Murphy said.Burke spoke highly after Baltimore Orioles great Eddie Murray got into the hall of fame."I was so happy for him, I didn't know what to do," Burke said. "I admire him, and I honored him."Just like Murphy has admired and honored Burke.