Focus on Robert Gould Shaw Memorial and explain the In popular culture.
William Vaughn Moody describes Shaw and the monument in the poem "An Ode in Time of Hesitation."
The "St. Gaudens" in Boston Common (Col. Shaw and his Colored Regiment), is the first movement of Three Places in New England (1903-1929), by Charles Ives.
Robert Lowell's famous poem "For the Union Dead", the title poem of a 1964 collection by the same name, refers to the monument in the poem. The first edition of the book featured a drawing of the relief on the cover.
The memorial was depicted in the ending credits scene of the 1989 film, Glory, directed by Edward Zwick.
The memorial was used as the background for the 1998 U.S. postage stamp honoring author and poet Stephen Vincent Benét on the 100th anniversary of his birth.
Route One/USA shows a group of southern girls visiting and being told about the history by a local guide.
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