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FOR THE UNION DEAD by ROBERT LOWELL

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First Line: THE OLD SOUTH BOSTON AQUARIUM STANDS
Last Line: A savage servility / slides by on grease
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS - MILITARY; AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; BOSTON; DUTY; HEROISM; MASSACHUSETTS; MONUMENTS; RACISM; SAINT-GAUDENS, AUGUSTUS (1848-1907); SHAW, ROBERT GOULD (1847-1863); SOLDIERS; UNITED STATES - HISTORY; HEROES; HEROINES; RACIAL PREJUDICE; BIGOTRY;
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