Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Regiment Memorial

The Robert Gould Shaw Memorial on the Boston Common was sculpted by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and honors Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the African American soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment who fought in the Civil War. Dedicated in 1897, the bronze relief and figures commemorate the regiment's 1863 assault on Fort Wagner and Shaw's leadership. The memorial is a documented civic tribute to African American military service and abolitionist-era activity in Boston.