54th Regiment: Glory Days B’en Original In hip-hop, acts come and go, especially these days. But just when you were almost convinced that neo-soul was only good music worth buying, along comes an ...

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 ...

The Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial across from the entrance to the State House will be removed and restored while the base is repaired in a multiagency partnership. The striking monument honors the famed ...

Someone has apparently broken a piece off a solemn Massachusetts monument, again. The sword is missing from the Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial, located across Beacon Street ...

NEWSCENTER 5’S SERA CONGI IS LIVE WITH MORE SERA ERIKA, WORK ON THE MEMORIAL IS UNDERWAY. WHILE MANY MONUMENTS ARE UNDER SCRUTINY THE AND COMING BAC, THEY SAY THAT THIS SHOULD BE CELEBRATED. THIS ...

Staging ahead of the renovation of the landmark Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial is taking shape on Boston Common across from the State House as contractors begin work on the expanded site for the striking ...

Anyone who has ever watched the 1989 epic Glory is familiar with the heroic feats of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. And if, for some reason, you are reading this but haven’t seen the movie, ...

BOSTON (CBS/AP) – You can finally get a look at a newly restored monument honoring a famed Civil War unit of Black soldiers in Boston this weekend. There will be a ceremonial unveiling Friday of the ...

In March of 1863, Massachusetts Governor John A. Andrew authorized the first black volunteer regiment to fight for the Union Army during the Civil War. The Massachusetts 54th Regiment, commanded by ...

The white Union Army commander sits rigid atop an imposing horse. His Black men, rifles to their shoulders, march resolutely alongside on their way to battle. For L’Merchie Frazier, the towering ...

The beloved memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment on the Boston Common will come down next spring for several months of restoration. The memorial, created by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, was ...

In the 1860s, it was viewed as groundbreaking to form an all-black regiment and send them into battle. The mere existence of such a regiment meant threats of bondage and execution for soldiers and ...