BUFFALO SOLDIER FIELD MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: War Memorial Markers (Groups)
Access: Military Base
Wars Commemorated: INDIAN WARS, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR AND PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION
Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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.
SEE ALSO-BUFFALO SOLDIER FIELD MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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