His finest hour in uniform occurred in July of that year when the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry Regiment charged the Confederacy’s Fort Wagner stronghold in Charleston, S.C. When his unit ...

WCVB NEWSCENTER. SARAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE FEDS ANNOUNCING THE ARREST OF A MAN FROM BRAZIL IN WALTHAM WHO FLED TO MASSACHUSETTS AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER IN HIS HOME COUNTRY.

Sgt. William Carney, a member of the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry Regiment, was the first Black American to earn the Medal of Honor. He was awarded the medal for fighting at Fort Wagner ...

Amid reports of stepped-up immigration enforcement in cities across Massachusetts this week, hundreds of people packed the Massachusetts State House on Wednesday for the 29th annual “Immigrants ...

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was the most decorated unit for its size and length of service during the entire history of the U.S. military. The 4,000 men, who initially came in April 1943 ...

At first glance, Chef Tim Ma's resume reads like that of a fine dining restaurateur. Over the past two decades, he's graduated from the French Culinary Institute in New York, helped open roughly 15 ...

Gov. John Andrew put him in charge of the 15th Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteers. He would rise in the ranks: colonel, 15th Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteer Infantry (July 1861); brigadier ...

On 19 April 2025, Lexington, Concord and two other neighbouring towns north-west of Boston will mark the 250th anniversary of the chilly spring day in 1775 when Massachusetts militiamen faced off ...

This year, the U.S. Army Infantry Branch celebrates 250 years since its creation by the 2nd Continental Congress. Several ...

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The memorial to Union Col. Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment. – AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File The Shaw Memorial, located near the State House, depicts the ...