History Talks: A Glorious Fate

Ford's Theatre
Friday, November 6, 2026
Historian Kevin M. Levin presents his new biography of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, tracing Shaw’s transformation from reluctant volunteer to Union martyr.
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