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On #MemorialDay, we honor the lives of soldiers who have died while serving in the US Armed Forces. Today, we will remember them with a look at Augustus Saint-Gaudens’s “Shaw Memorial” (1900). #MuseumFromHome
Read more about the Memorial: go.usa.gov/xwaR3
Read more about the Memorial: go.usa.gov/xwaR3
The memorial commemorates the valiant efforts of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the men of the 54th Massachusetts, the first Civil War regiment of African Americans enlisted in the North.
The version in Boston Common was dedicated as a monument on Decoration Day on May 31, 1897.
The version in Boston Common was dedicated as a monument on Decoration Day on May 31, 1897.
Before it was known as #MemorialDay, the nation celebrated Decoration Day. John A. Logan, Commander and Chief of the Union’s veteran group called the Grand Army of the Republic, initiated the holiday, urging Americans to decorate the graves of the dead with flowers.
Welcome to the East Building’s gallery 406B, focused on art of the 1960s. Our tour today will focus on three women artists represented in this room. #MuseumFromHome
See all of the works: go.usa.gov/xwqxM
See all of the works: go.usa.gov/xwqxM
ICYMI, last week we toured the neighboring gallery 406A:
This tour is led (from home) by Jennifer Riddell, interpretive projects manager (whom you may have met on a gallery talk on this same subject).
The art in this room is abstract, no “pictures.” You may notice muted colors, geometric and soft forms, and repeated shapes.
The art in this room is abstract, no “pictures.” You may notice muted colors, geometric and soft forms, and repeated shapes.
