Robert Gould Shaw Memorial

The Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-Fourth Regiment is a bronze relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens opposite 24 Beacon Street, Boston.
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  • Memorial
  • …lies at an elevation of 75 feet (23 metres)
  • …is inscribed with “Robert Gould Shaw killed while leading the assault on Fort Wagner July twenty third eighteen hundred and sixty three”
  • Description: monument by Augustus Saint-Gaudens in Boston, United States
  • Also known as
    “54th Memorial”
    “Fifty-Fourth Memorial”
    “Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-Fourth Regiment”
    “Robert Gould Shaw Monument”
    “Shaw Memorial”
  • Established: May 31, 1897

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Massachusetts State House and Boston Athenæum.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beacon Hill and Boston.
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was a square in downtown Boston, Massachusetts.

Robert Gould Shaw Memorial

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Latitude
42.35748° or 42° 21′ 27″ north
Longitude
-71.0635° or 71° 3′ 49″ west
Open location code
87JC9W4P+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358276404
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Geo­Names ID
4948829
Wiki­data ID
Q7344886

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