07/24/2021
ANNOUNCEMENT TO CREATE A LOCAL FILM ABOUT NATIONAL BUFFALO SOILDERS DAY
NATIONAL BUFFALO SOILDERS DAY is a short time away on July 28th 2021.
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July 28th 2021 is National Buffalo Soldiers Day and as part of the Ohio Command, of the VA authorized Veteran Service Organization, the National Black Veterans Association I would you have someone contact me on a proclamation or support during that days activities.
In south west Ohio we would read it out at the park monument in Cincinnati for Cincinnati Black Brigade of the civil war. We then will go to the William Howard Taft National Historic Site in my family neighborhood of Mt Auburn (I used to be a community council member and LSDMC in Mt. Auburn) to commemorate Buffalo Soldiers as Park Rangers.
https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/historyculture/buffalo-soldiers.htm
FYI - In 1866, Congress passed legislation known as the Army Organization Act, which formalized the creation of six all-Black U.S. Cavalry and infantry units. National Buffalo Soldiers Day will be celebrated on Wednesday, July 28, 2021.
From at least Ohio, California, Oklahoma, New York, Kansas, Texas and in Washington DC we will honor Charles Young who was just a couple of years old when he and his family escaped slavery by crossing the Ohio River into Ripley, Ohio. He would go on to become the first Black man to become a Colonel in the United States Army, the first Black National Park superintendent and the highest-ranking Black man in the regular army during his lifetime.
Young was a "Buffalo Soldier," the name given to the all-Black 9th and 10th Army Regiments by the Native Americans they encountered.
ANYONE WANT A FIELD TRIP ON THE 28TH
Today, the Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument in Wilberforce, Ohio commemorates Young's life.
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