The Robert Gould Shaw and 54th regiment memorial is located across from the Massachusetts statehouse. It serves to commemorate the first African Americans to fight in the civil war newly allowed by the Emancipation Proclamation. African Americans were allowed to volunteer, and the whole regiment served under the memorial's focal point, Robert Gould Shaw. This memorial is made of high-relief bronze and unveiled in 1897. The physical representation is that of the regiment marching south, along Beacon street.
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