The NAACP’s Juneteenth events on Sunday honored the legacy of local Black Civil War soldiers and celebrated community and ...

The courage of the soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts regiment was shown in the movie Glory. The movie ends with the unit attacking a Confederate stronghold outside Charleston, S.C., and suffering … ...

Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial being renovated in a Woburn studio (WBZ-TV) "It probably weighs 15,000 pounds and nobody really knew that until it was picked up by the crane.

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The Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial is hailed as one of the nation's most important monuments. Skip to content. NOWCAST NewsCenter 5 at 11. Live Now Menu. Search; Homepage; Local News ...

A monument recognizing the first all-volunteer black regiment of the Union Army during the Civil War was defaced during Sunday's protests. ... Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial defaced during protests.

The 54th Massachusetts Regiment was featured in the 1989 Oscar-winning movie "Glory." At Wednesday's ceremony, there was a re-enactment of Shaw and his men marching up Beacon Street past the State ...

The memorial, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, honors the Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry, the first documented African American regiment formed in the north, according to the National Park Service.

The fully restored Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) On the eve of their first battle, one that would cut their ranks in half, 600 men paraded proudly up Beacon ...

The memorial, created by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, was unveiled in 1897. It depicts the men of the 54th Regiment, the first African-American unit in the Civil War, leaving Boston to march off to battle.

The 54th Regiment went on to lead an assault on Fort Wagner in South Carolina, where many members of the unit, including Shaw, were killed.

The 54th regiment became famous after an attack on Fort Wagner in South Carolina in July 1863. The outpost was heavily fortified, but it would need to be taken if the Union forces wanted to secure ...