BUFFALO SOLDIER FIELD MEMORIAL
THIS ATHLETIC FIELD IS NAMED IN HONOR OF THE MEN OF THE NINTH AND TENTH U.S. CAVALRY REGIMENTS, DETACHMENTS OF WHICH ONCE SERVED AT WEST POINT. THEY WERE COMPOSED OF BLACK AMERICAN TROOPS, WHO WERE CALLED "BUFFALO SOLDIERS" BY THEIR INDIAN FOES, A SOBRIQUET THEY ADOPTED WITH PRIDE.
Listing Details
- Military Base
- INDIAN WARS, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR AND PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION
- Plaques On Stone
- MILLS ROAD AND THAYER ROAD
- 10996
- BILL COUGHLIN
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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