Robert Gould Shaw and Fifty-fourth Regiment Memorial
Robert Gould Shaw and Fifty-fourth Regiment Memorial is a memorial in Suffolk, Massachusetts. Robert Gould Shaw and Fifty-fourth Regiment Memorial is situated nearby to the government building Massachusetts State House, as well as near the library Boston Athenæum.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Massachusetts State House and Boston Athenæum.
Massachusetts State House
Government building
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The Massachusetts State House, also known as the Massachusetts Statehouse or the New State House, is the state capitol and seat of government for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, located in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston. Massachusetts State House is situated 410 feet north of Robert Gould Shaw and Fifty-fourth Regiment Memorial.
Boston Athenæum
Library
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The Boston Athenæum is one of the oldest independent libraries in the United States. It is also one of several membership libraries, for which patrons pay a yearly subscription fee to use Athenæum services. Boston Athenæum is situated 430 feet northeast of Robert Gould Shaw and Fifty-fourth Regiment Memorial.
Park Street Church
Church
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Park Street Congregational Church, founded in 1809, is a historic and active evangelical congregational church in Downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Park Street Church is situated 460 feet southeast of Robert Gould Shaw and Fifty-fourth Regiment Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Boston and Beacon Hill.
Downtown Boston
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Downtown Boston is really the heart of the city. Boston City Hall is here, and many powerful companies and agencies are headquartered in the area. Since urban planning was done here before the advent of the automobile, this area of town has secured a decidedly European flavor.
Beacon Hill
Suburb
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Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of Boston's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.
Boston
A city of history and tradition, Boston offers a proud legacy of culture, education, and numerous sporting championships. The "shining city on a hill"s independent spirit has been displayed to the world ever since colonists were angry over a British tax on their beloved tea and dumped shiploads of it into the harbor in protest.
Robert Gould Shaw and Fifty-fourth Regiment Memorial
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Robert Gould Shaw killed while leading the assault on Fort Wagner July twenty third eighteen hundred and sixty three”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.35748° or 42° 21′ 27″ northLongitude
-71.0635° or 71° 3′ 49″ westElevation
75 feet (23 metres)Inception
May 31st, 1897Open location code
87JC9W4P+XHOpenStreetMap ID
node 358276404OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialGeoNames ID
4948829
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