BOSTON (CBS) - The long lost sword of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the commanding officer of the North's first all-black regiment during the Civil War, has been acquired by the Massachusetts ...

A ceremonial unveiling event for the Robert Gould Shaw 54th Massachusetts Regiment Memorial will on take place Memorial Day after it was postponed due to Sunday’s rain. The “Witness to History ...

BOSTON --The long-lost sword of Col. Robert Gould Shaw, the commanding officer of the North's first all-black regiment during the Civil War, has been acquired by the Massachusetts Historical ...

The Massachusetts Historical Society unveiled its new exhibit focused on Union Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, who led 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment — the first all-black regiment ...

Robert Gould Shaw, who commanded the first unit of free African Americans recruited into the Union army. Shaw was killed while leading the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment in an ...

Boston police are investigating damage to the famous memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment in Boston Common. On Feb. 21, a sword that the sculpture of Shaw ...

The 1989 film "Glory" told the world the story of Robert Gould Shaw leading the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, an all Black infantry unit in the Civil War. A longtime abolitionist ...

The bronze relief at the center of the Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial is expected to be hoisted back into place Wednesday on the Boston Common across from the State ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! During a tour of the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial at the National Gallery of Art, Senior Curator of Photographs Sarah Greenough discussed Colonel ...

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 ...

The heroic bas-relief sculpture, located on Boston's Beacon Hill, depicts Robert Gould Shaw, white scion of a prominent abolitionist family, astride a horse leading his troops into battle.