Meet Sgt. William Carney: The first African-American Medal of Honor recipient

A view in an earlier day of the monument to the 54th Massachusetts Regiment at the edge of Boston Common as seen from the front area outside the Massachusetts Capitol building. That monument still is on display in that very visiable location.

Is this one the “Protesters “ desecrated?

SFC James Welch - Yes, they did ! shows how ignorant some of them are with this monument to the bravery and sacrifice in combat of a black Regiment in the civil War.

During our summer trip to Boston my Grandson and I got to see this Memorial ourselves, along with Bunker Hill, the USS Constitution, the re-enactment of the Boston Tea Party and Museum among others. These were all very worthwhile in the time it took to see them, Plymouth Rock on the other hand was, shall we say, lackluster?

I realize the film was obv good in its fashion, certainly...I just wish it'd been done with punctiliously exact historical accuracy, it's just the way I think about such things...e.g., Col. Shaw was actually married, Sgt. Carney wasn't expressly mentioned, per se...it's small aspects like those that make for true movie accuracy, and actually enhance the presentation, regardless of what some reviewer might think, though, as I'd said, that's obv just my thought about the whole thing, I suppose....