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...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...
...Justin Winsor will preside and the services will be opened with a prayer by the Rev. S. D. McConnell, D. D., of Brooklyn. The Glee Club will then sing the Harvard Hymn and Major Henry Lee Higginson will deliver the address on Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Mass. Regiment. At the close of the services the audience will join in singing the National Hymn, which will be followed by the Benediction...
...junior year. He entered the army before the beginning of the war and served for a while in the 7th New York National Guards. He soon exchanged to the 2d Massachusetts, however, where he served until in February of '63, Governor Andrews gave him charge of the 54th Massachusetts, infantry. This regiment was the first colored regiment to be sent to the war, and at the end of May of the same year left Boston for the front. On the 18th of the next July Colonel Shaw was killed while leading his men in the charge on Fort Wagner...
...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...