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The Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-Fourth Regiment is a bronze relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens opposite 24 Beacon Street, Boston (at the edge of the Boston Common).
Robert Gould Shaw (October 10, 1837 – July 18, 1863) was an American officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Born into a abolitionist family from the Boston upper class, he accepted command of the first all- black regiment (the 54th Massachusetts) in the Northeast.
Commemorating one of the country's first all-Black regiments during the Civil War, the Memorial stands for the effort and sacrifice of the solders of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, as well as their fight for justice and equity that remains ongoing today.
The Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial, a masterpiece by the acclaimed sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, pays tribute to one of the first African American regiments to serve in the Civil War.
This memorial was distinct among public commemoration of the American Civil War. While centering the white commander of the war’s first federally-raised regiment of African American men, the piece of art also depicted soldiers marching to wage a war over slavery.
During the Civil War, many abolitionists in the North advocated for the immediate freedom of all enslaved persons. Yet some members of abolitionist families were more reluctant advocates, such as Col. Robert Gould Shaw.
2 Φεβ 2022 · The Col. Robert Gould Shaw and 54 th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Memorial was created by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and unveiled in 1897 to honor the first federally-raised African American regiment from a northern state during the Civil War and its white commander.
