African American soldiers known as the Buffalo Soldiers helped protect Yosemite National Park in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and their legacy continues to be celebrated today through ...
Long famed, the Buffalo Soldiers were African-American troops whose regiments were the first comprised solely of all-black combatants. Evolving from the segregated units that saw action during the ...
Meet America’s Buffalo Soldiers—some of the nation’s first park rangers. On a clear fall day in California in 1903, a group of soldiers and civilians, both African American and Caucasian, gathered in ...
"This is what we call the meet and greet," said John Pitts, post commander of the Bethlehem Buffalo Soldiers. "We get to meet the bikers and explain to them about exactly what we are doing and ...
one of the black troops known as the Buffalo Soldiers that served, among other roles, as some of the nation’s first park rangers. Despite the rigid segregation of the U.S. military at the time, Young ...
Kautz, commander of the Department of Arizona, ordered that a camp be established in the Huachuca Mountains. The Fort was the home of the 10th Cavalry "Buffalo Soldiers" for 20 years and was ...