ALFRED MARTIN RAY BUFFALO SOLDIER MEMORIAL MARKER
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: War Memorial Historical Wayside Markers
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: INDIAN WARS AND SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
Photograph By: STANLEY AND TERRIE HOWARD
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
ON JULY 1, 1898 LT. RAY PLANTED THE UNITED STATES FLAG ON SAN JUAN HILL, CUBA, AMID A HAIL OF ENEMY BULLETS DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. FOR HIS HEROIC COURAGE IN ACTION RAY RECEIVED A BATTLEFIELD PROMOTION. HE SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY FROM 1872 TO 1903, FIRST IN THE INDIAN WARS AS A BUFFALO SOLDIER (10TH U.S. CAVALRY, COLORED), LATER IN CUBA AND THE PHILIPPINES.
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