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Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
Long famed, the Buffalo Soldiers were African-American troops whose regiments were the first comprised solely of all-black ...
Steffon Jones, a Youngstown historian and Civil War reenactor, discusses Buffalo Soldiers buried at Tod Cemetery in Youngstown. Receiving proclamations from Youngstown Mayor Tito Brown and ...
The Six Triple Eight' has a connection to a WNY. There is a post office in Buffalo named after a woman who was part of the 6888 Central Postal Directory Battalion.
Photos and illustrations illuminating the lives of Buffalo Soldiers during the Philippine-American War are currently on display in Swem Library’s Botetourt Gallery as part of an exhibit organized by ...
Many Buffalo Soldiers wanted to earn credit for the Black community back home by serving with distinction, a dynamic carried over from the thousands of Black men who served in the Union Army during ...
Young distinguished himself as a soldier in the Ninth U.S. Cavalry, one of the black troops known as the Buffalo Soldiers that served, among other roles, as some of the nation’s first park rangers.
Commonly referred to as “Buffalo Soldier”, he was also the ... which intervened in Liberia to help end the civil war. He also served twice as Army Commander, first in 1979 following the ...