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The 54th Massachusetts: The Heroic Black Union Regiment
From 1861-1865, a ferocious Civil War was fought. The 54th Massachusetts Infantry, a Black unit, was organized in early 1863 after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. Despite deadly gunfire ...
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Black troops deserve much more respect
Thursday’s wreath-laying ceremony honoring local United States Colored Troops drew attention not simply to Black History ...
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‘They chose to serve’: United States Colored Troops members honored at City Cemetery
City Cemetery was the site of a wreath-laying ceremony on Thursday afternoon, during which local United States Colored Troops ...
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Stand or Fall
Take the Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial on Boston Common. The bronze sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens depicts the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, the Civil War’s second ...