More than 37,000 American flags lay on the Boston Common in honor of fallen service members who called Massachusetts home.

Carney did this, planting the flag at the base of Fort Wagner ... William Harvey Carney in an 1864 album of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. (U.S. Army) The Association of the United ...

As the soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment stormed toward Fort Wagner, South Carolina, the soldier carrying the American flag fell. It was July 18, 1863, at the heart of ...

The “Banners of Liberty” exhibit opening coincided with the 250th anniversary of the “shot heard ‘round the world” that started the American Revolutionary War during the Battles of Lexington and ...

Saturday, April 19 is the 250th anniversary of the “shot heard round the world,” or the opening gunfire that started the battles of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts ... (Emma Lee/WHYY) The flag ...

The film highlights the heroic efforts of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, which won Denzel Washington an Academy ... (SUBMITTED) The original 52nd Regimental flag that was hoisted above Fort Sumter ...

Nevertheless, a small picket-guard of the Secessionists had been accustomed to occupy a part of the bridge, sometimes coming even to the centre, and a Secession flag waved in sight of the fort.

The design he created for Maine’s flag was a variant of the Massachusetts Navy Ensign ... state or [Federal] insignia of the particular regiment was emblazoned” against a blue background.

The exhibit opens with “First Blood of the Civil War,” showcasing the flag of the 6th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, which holds the solemn distinction of having the first four Soldiers ...

In Boston, the Juneteenth flag was raised at the State House ... place across the street from the memorial to the 54th Massachusetts regiment, which was one of the first regiments of Black ...

Despite the danger around him, Sergeant William H. Carney of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment survived, holding the flag aloft for an ... ‘Washington is targeting the Roman ...