The 18 month restoration of the Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Regiment Memorial is complete, L’Merchie Frazier Director of Education and Interpretation at the Museum of African American History on Beacon ...
BOSTON - A newly restored monument honoring a famed Civil War unit of Black soldiers in Boston was officially rededicated Wednesday. The bronze and stone memorial honors Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and ...
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When Robert Gould Shaw Fell in Battle, No One Retrieved His Body
When Robert volunteered to lead one of the first all-Black Union regiments, his parents hesitated, fearing for his life, but ...
The 54th Massachusetts Infantry was established in early 1863 under the direction of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. The unit was the first all-black Union regiment of the Civil War. Recruits came not only ...
While researching how Union soldiers celebrated Thanksgiving and Christmas during the Civil War, I read some letters written by Col. Robert Gould Shaw. At the time he wrote these two missives, Shaw ...
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A person looks at the memorial to Union Col. Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, on March 26, 2011, in Boston. (Michael Dwyer/AP) Colbert I. King’s Feb. 11 op-ed, ...
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