Yesterday we visited the National Museum of Art in Washington and took a picture of the superb St. Gaudens sculpture of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment of the USCT and their commander Robert Gould Shaw. This was the group featured in one of the best Civil War movies, “Glory.”
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. day, and I thought it appropriate to link the picture of the 54th Mass. and the image of the National Civil Rights museum in Memphis. The museum was built around the Lorraine motel where MLK was assassinated. A very moving experience to visit.
GENE SCHMIEL, CIVIL WAR HISTORIAN, AUTHOR, AND LECTURER 
Great stuff! I just showed “Glory” to my America’s Civil War class as a part of our end of semester activities . And I was lucky to spend a day at the National Civil Rights museum as part of an NEH class a few years back. Very moving.
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