The Shaw Memorial

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Title

The Shaw Memorial

Description

The Shaw Memorial is a bronze relief sculpture unveiled in Boston in 1897 to commemorate the fallen of 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and their contribution. It depicts Robert Gould Shaw leading his infantry which consists of black soldiers marching towards South Carolina with Shaw erecting on his horse and the men marching alongside. The monument is considered as one of the greatest Civil War monument in America.

Creator

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Source

american

Language

English

Type

Physical Object

Identifier

89

Spatial Coverage

current,42.360253,-71.058291;

Rights Holder

Carptrash (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Carptrash)

Europeana

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The Shaw Memorial

Object

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/St_GaudensShaw_Mem.jpg

Europeana Type

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Wiki

https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/The_Shaw_Memorial