Black soldiers were promised pay equal to white soldiers, but it didn’t happen right away. After more famous battles in South Carolina, in 1863, they came to fight in Florida in 1864. “But while in ...

What Did Conservatives Conserve Before 1955? The Eternal Return of James Burnham The importance of the American flag, celebrated on this holiday, shines through in the story of one Civil War regiment.

In the 1860s, it was viewed as groundbreaking to form an all-black regiment and send them into battle. The mere existence of such a regiment meant threats of bondage and execution for soldiers and ...

OUR COUNTRY. YOU MAY REMEMBER THEM IF YOU WATCHED THE MOVIE GLORY. THE SHAW MEMORIAL IS NEWLY RESTORED AND HONORS THOSE SOLDIERS OF THE 54TH REGIMENT. NEWS CENTER 5’S SHARMAN SACHETTI IS LIVE AT THE ...

On the eve of their first battle, one that would cut their ranks in half, 600 men paraded proudly up Beacon Street, celebrated by the crowds before heading by boat to fight in South Carolina.

BOSTON - A newly restored monument honoring a famed Civil War unit of Black soldiers in Boston was officially rededicated Wednesday. The bronze and stone memorial honors Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and ...

Doreen Wade of Dracut thought of her ancestor Charles Augustus Potter, an infantryman from Pittsfield who assaulted Fort Wagner, S.C., in 1863 with the famed 54th Massachusetts, the first Black ...

KNOWN AS THE PLACE TO FIND ITALIAN RESTAURANTS CAFES AND CAOLNNI, BUT IT’S ALSO TO SOME OF THE OLDEST BUILDINGS IN THE CITY AS DIRECTOR OF ARCHEOLOGYpF REVEALS IN HIS BOOK BOSTON’S OLDEST BUILDINGS ...