Event
Celebrate Buffalo Soldiers Day 2024
Fee:
Free. FreeLocation: LAT/LONG: 40.000000, -84.000000
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument is located at 1120 US Highway 42 E, Wilberforce, Ohio, 45384.
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Activities and programs are happening throughout the day starting at 10 am until 3 pm. Ranger talks will begin at 11 am and 2 pm.
Description
On July 28, 1866, the United States Congress authorized six regular Army regiments of Black enlisted soldiers. The units were the 9th Cavalry, 10th Cavalry, 38th Infantry, 39th Infantry, 40th Infantry and 41st Infantry regiments. Three years later in 1869 the infantry regiments were consolidated and renamed the 24th Infantry and 25th Infantry. These men became known as Buffalo Soldiers. Buffalo Soldiers were all-Black soldiers that served in segregated units in the U.S. Army from 1866 through the Korean War.
Join us in celebration of the Buffalo Soldiers on Saturday, July 27th, 2024. We will have free family friendly programs and activities throughout the day. All programs and activities will take place at the Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument.
Schedule of Events on Saturday, July 27th, 2024:
Join a Park Ranger for a 30-minute talk on Buffalo Soldiers in the Spanish-American War and the valor they contributed to free others. Let us take a deeper look of what happened during the war, rather than what was fabricated later.
How did the Buffalo Soldiers get their nickname? Join a Park Ranger for a 25-minute PowerPoint presentation on the origins of the Buffalo Soldier nickname.
Reservation or Registration: No
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courtesy of the Mansfield Library, University of Montana