Word: 54th
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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References: President Cleveland's veto message, Cong. Record, March 2, 1897. No Am. Review, May, 1897. No. Am. Review, Vol. 134, p. 346. Atlantic Mo., Vol. 78, p. 445. Debates on bill in Cong. Record, 54th Cong. H. R. 7864, Mayo Smith, Emigration and Immigration...
...Harvard Memorial Society. After the opening prayer by the Rev. S. D. McConnell, D. D., and the singing of the Harvard Hymn by the Glee Club, Dr. Justin Winsor introduced Major Henry Lee Higginson, who delivered a most impressive address on Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment...
...Shaw, who eagerly accepted it. The assault was made about sundown and succeeded for a short time, but the resistance was gallant and it was beaten back. Col. Shaw, two of his officers, and some of his men were killed on the ramparts, while many more were wounded. The 54th did their duty nobly during the remainder of the war and won their places as brave steady soldiers...
...Harvard students: Whenever you hear of Col. Shaw, or any officer, or of any man of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, salute him in the name of Harvard University and Harvard...
...Monday, the 31st, at the regular Memorial Day celebration, Professor William James and Booker T. Washington, who served in the 54th Massachusetts and was given an honorary A. M. at the last Commencement, are to deliver addresses at the unveiling of the Shaw Monument on Boston Common...