The 54 th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and Colonel Shaw are memorialized on the Boston Common with a monument considered one of the most important installations of public art in the country. The ...

The Formation of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. During a tour of the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial at the National Gallery of Art, Senior Curator of Photographs Sarah Greenough explained ...

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. During the ...

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

The legacy of the 54th Massachusetts has been long and profound. In 1989, the movie “Glory” told the regiment’s story, ending with the soldiers’ charge on Fort Wagner in South Carolina in ...

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 ...

The 54th Massachusetts, the first northern black regiment in the Union Army, was sent to South Carolina to take part in operations against Confederate forces. close Report Video Issue Go to Live Event ...

The 54 th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and Colonel Shaw are memorialized on the Boston Common with a monument considered one of the most important installations of public art in the country. The ...

VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – This painting depicts the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment’s heroic July 18, 1863 assault on Fort Wagner, on Morris Island at the mouth ...