Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-fourth Volunteer Infrantry Regiment
Built in 1897 on Boston Common, the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial depicts Colonel Shaw on horseback leading the Massachusetts 54th Regiment, the first all-volunteer black regiment in the Union army organized in a Northern state. The story of the 54th Massachusetts was made into the 1989 feature film, Glory, starring Morgan Freedman, Denzel Washington and Matthew Broderick.
Address: 46 Joy Street, Boston, MA 02114 USA
Phone: (617) 742-5415
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Related Links:National Gallery of Art Shaw Memorial Home Page
PBS The Civil War: In the Classroom
Recommended Reading:Blue-Eyed Child of Fortune: The Civil War Letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Where Death and Glory Meet: Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Infantry
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