From the June 1st Boston Herald.
The sword of Col. Robert Gould Shaw on the 54th Massachusetts relief memorial in Boston is missing again. And, no one really knows who has it or where it is although everyone agrees it gets stolen all the time.
Some think it might be in some governmental office for safe-keeping and others think some fans took it in celebration of the Boston Celtics' 2008 basketball championship. It seems to go missing most often after a Boston team wins.
It was designed by famous sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens and dedicated in 1899 to honor the 54th Massachusetts and its white colonel, the first all-black Union regiment which served with distinction at Fort Wagner in Charleston and was shown in the movie "Glory."
I Don't Have It. At Least That's My Excuse. --Old B-R'er
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