The Monument

The Shaw - 54th Regiment Memorial honors Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and members of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment who died in the assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina, July 18, 1863. The 54th was the first regiment of Black volunteers from the North to fight in the Civil War. On the back are inscribed the names of the members of the 54th who died with Colonel Shaw in the cause of freedom and union. It was erected through private donations and given to the City of Boston in 1897, became part of Boston African - American National Historic Site in 1980, and was restored with funds contributed from across the United States in 1982 - 84.

Cambridge, Massachusetts · United States