Westside Legends, in partnership with Berkshire County NAACP, Rites of Passage and Empowerment program and Milltown Funding, seeks an artist or artist team to lead a three month painted mural project ...

Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Regiment Memorial, Boston, MA (1897) In an era of racial prejudice, this monument made history by honoring one of the first African American regiments to fight in the Civil ...

The importance of the American flag, celebrated on this holiday, shines through in the story of one Civil War regiment.

Despite the danger around him, Sgt. William H. Carney of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment survived, holding the flag aloft for an entire half hour on the fort’s parapet.

The Civil War began 150 years ago today, tearing the nation apart, killing over half a million people, and making household names of men and women on both the union and confederate sides of the ...

There are several wonderful free museums on the campuses of some of the region’s most historic colleges in Western Massachusetts. Just a 90-minute drive away from the Merrimack Valley, it’s an ...

The regiment was commended and honored for their bravery and sacrifice. The legacy of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment lives on to this day. They were immortalized in poems, movies, and art.

The 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Authorized by the Emancipation Proclamation, the ...

New Bedford features several exhilarating murals such as featuring the 54th Regiments to life-size whales on Rt. 18. Here's where to admire some art.

Fox News host Lawrence Jones visited the Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial, dedicated to one of the first African-American regiments to fight for the Union Army during the ...

This painting depicts the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment’s heroic July 18, 1863 assault on Fort Wagner, on Morris Island at the mouth of Charleston Harbor in South Carolina.

No other monument has inspired as much literary or musical works of art as the Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial, said Blight.