Memorial Charles Sumner
This statue commemorates Charles Sumner (1811-1874), the leader of the anti-slavery forces in Massachusetts and a leader of the Radical Republicans in the U.S. Senate during the American Civil War working to destroy the Confederacy and free all the slaves. During Reconstruction, he fought to minimize the power of the ex-Confederates and guarantee equal rights to the freedmen.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Kenneth C. Zirkel
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Museum
- Museum USS Constitution - Charlestown
- Museumship USS Cassin Young (DD-793) - Boston Navy Yard
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum - Boston
Point of interest
Monument
- American Civil War Memorial Boston - Boston
- Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial - Boston
- Mural World War I Massachusetts State House - Boston
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Grave Cambridge Cemetery - Cambridge
- Commonwealth War Grave Mount Auburn Cemetery - Cambridge
- Commonwealth War Graves Forest Hills Cemetery - Boston
Fortification
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