African American Monuments & Statues: The 54th Massachusetts Vounteer Infantry Memorial

Buffalo Soldier Memorial
 
This memorial was built to celebrate the accomplishments of The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and Robert Gould Shaw in the late 1800's by Augustus Saint-Gaudens.   The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was  one of the first all black regiments in the United States Armed Forces.  This monument is located in Boston, Massachusetts on the Boston Commons.
 
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