The Shaw Memorial December 31, 2008
Between 3rd and 7th Streets at Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia
The monumental plaster Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts 54th Regiment - one of the greatest works of the 19th-century American sculpture created by the preeminent artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907) - masterfully depicts Colonel Shaw and the first African-American infantry unit from the North to fight for the Union during the Civil War. The Shaw Memorial is accompanied by the rare and early plaster sketches of the memorial, the angel, and six portrait heads of African-American soldiers.
Monday - Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm; Sunday, 11 am - 6 pm
Metrorail: Judiciary Square, Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn, Smithsonian, Metrobus: A11, X1
Official Website: http://www.nga.gov
Added by destinationdc on October 21, 2008