Being a Patriot reenactor is personal for David Perkins, who had 16 ancestors who fought in the American Revolution.

BOSTON - A newly restored monument honoring a famed Civil War unit of Black soldiers in Boston was officially rededicated Wednesday. The bronze and stone memorial honors Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and ...

Anyone who has ever watched the 1989 epic Glory is familiar with the heroic feats of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. And if, for some reason, you are reading this but haven’t seen the movie, ...

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OUR COUNTRY. YOU MAY REMEMBER THEM IF YOU WATCHED THE MOVIE GLORY. THE SHAW MEMORIAL IS NEWLY RESTORED AND HONORS THOSE SOLDIERS OF THE 54TH REGIMENT. NEWS CENTER 5’S SHARMAN SACHETTI IS LIVE AT THE ...

On the eve of their first battle, one that would cut their ranks in half, 600 men paraded proudly up Beacon Street, celebrated by the crowds before heading by boat to fight in South Carolina.

A 125-year-old monument honoring one of the first all-Black regiments to serve in the Civil War was rededicated during a ceremony on the Boston Common, with speakers alluding to its significance as a ...

Doreen Wade of Dracut thought of her ancestor Charles Augustus Potter, an infantryman from Pittsfield who assaulted Fort Wagner, S.C., in 1863 with the famed 54th Massachusetts, the first Black ...

BOSTON (AP) - A memorial depicting the famed 54th Massachusetts Civil War regiment has been defaced. Investigators said a woman pulled up in a car Tuesday afternoon and splashed the statue with yellow ...

PITTSFIELD — A force of Union Army soldiers charge into the breach with bayonets fixed — expressions of courage, tenacity and determination reside on their faces. Viewers do not see the combatants on ...

KAREN: AN 18 MONTH RESTORATION OF THE ROBERT GOULD SHAW AND THE 54TH REGIMENT MEMOALRI IS COMPLETE AND EARLIER THIS MONTH-- A CEREMO TNYO RE-DEDICATE THE BRONZEAS B RELIEF WAS HELD ON BEACON STREET.