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 ...

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, ...

OUR COUNTRY. YOU MAY REMEMBER THEM IF YOU WATCHED THE MOVIE GLORY. THE SHAW MEMORIAL IS NEWLY RESTORED AND HONORS THOSE SOLDIERS OF THE 54TH REGIMENT. NEWS CENTER 5’S SHARMAN SACHETTI IS LIVE AT THE ...

The 18 month restoration of the Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Regiment Memorial is complete, L’Merchie Frazier Director of Education and Interpretation at the Museum of African American History on Beacon ...

Host Tavis Smiley interviews actor and director Morgan Freeman about the story of the Massachusetts 54th Colored Regiment. Freeman co-starred in the movie Glory based on the 54th, and narrated a ...

Civil War reenactor Larry Harris, of Philadelphia, right, marches past the Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment Memorial, left, that commemorates the famed Civil War unit made up of ...

Doreen Wade of Dracut thought of her ancestor Charles Augustus Potter, an infantryman from Pittsfield who assaulted Fort Wagner, S.C., in 1863 with the famed 54th Massachusetts, the first Black ...

PITTSFIELD — A force of Union Army soldiers charge into the breach with bayonets fixed — expressions of courage, tenacity and determination reside on their faces. Viewers do not see the combatants on ...

Black soldiers were promised pay equal to white soldiers, but it didn’t happen right away. After more famous battles in South Carolina, in 1863, they came to fight in Florida in 1864. “But while in ...

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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 ...