This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Black Civil War soldiers honored by D.C. monument
The National Gallery of Art displays Augustus Saint Gaudens original plaster of a 26 year old Col. Robert Gould Shaw leading 54th Massachusetts Regiment. The 18 foot piece honors black Civil War troops who fought for abolition with portraits of real men and an angel above.
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D.C
Washington
National Gallery of Art
Augustus St. Gaudens
Colin Powell
Powell
Boston Common
Cornish
Gaudens
Robert Gould Shaw
Shaw
Boston
Congress
Fort Wagner
Charleston
S.C
St. Gaudens