{"id":581,"date":"2021-05-28T11:31:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T15:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/?p=581"},"modified":"2021-05-28T11:31:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T15:31:57","slug":"54th-regiment-shaw-memorial-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/?p=581","title":{"rendered":"54th Regiment &#8211; Shaw Memorial &#8211; returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_583\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/G-53835.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-583\" class=\"size-large wp-image-583\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/G-53835-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/G-53835-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/G-53835-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/G-53835-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/G-53835-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/G-53835.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">54th Regiment, Shaw Memorial, Beacon St., Boston, MA. sculpture by Augustus St. Gaudens<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This heroic Memorial depicts the 54th Regiment, with Black volunteers from many states, led by Col. Robert G. Shaw, marching down Beacon Street on May 28th, 1863, on their way to South Carolina. Soldiers included two sons of abolition leader Frederick Douglass.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/G-53837.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-584\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/G-53837-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/G-53837-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/G-53837-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/G-53837-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/G-53837-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/G-53837.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cheered on by crowds singing Julia Ward Howe&#8217;s new &#8220;Battle Hymn of the Republic&#8221;, they marched, then sailed for their first battle at Fort Wagner, SC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/G-53820.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-582\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/G-53820-1024x716.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/G-53820-1024x716.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/G-53820-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/G-53820-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/G-53820-429x300.jpg 429w, https:\/\/www.stevedunwell.com\/backbaypress.com\/bostonfreedomtrail\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/G-53820.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>Restoration began in 2020. Unveiled with a public ceremony May 28, 2021, the anniversary of the event depicted by St. Gaudens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This heroic Memorial depicts the 54th Regiment, with Black volunteers from many states, led by Col. Robert G. Shaw, marching down Beacon Street on May 28th, 1863, on their way to South Carolina. 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