The Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial
Boston National Historic Park, Boston African American National Historic Site
On Boston Common, opposite the Massachusetts Statehouse
Robert Gould Shaw and the African American 54th Massachusetts
Regiment marching off to war, Beacon Street,
Boston, MA 1863
Cast in bronze by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, unveiled, Memorial Day, 1897
"We would not have his body removed from where it lies surrounded by his brave and devoted soldiers....We can imagine no holier place than that in which he lies, among his brave and devoted followers, nor wish for him better company – what a body-guard he has!"
--Francis G. Shaw - son of Col. Robert G. Shaw, Massachusetts 54th Regiment
