This statue is from the Buffalo Soldiers memorial at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, (near KC). It is part of a major military tribute to the valor of former Civil War black soldiers, who were removed from the South to facilitate their own people's political and economic repression and to defeat and pacify the Indians in the Western United States ' territory for settlement by white pioneers. The 9th and 10th Cavalry, whom the Indians named "Buffalo Soldiers," due to their strength , bravery, hair and color, were disbanded in the 1890s after the Spanish American War that was fought in the Caribbean Sea and in the South Pacific (Philippines) where these soldiers also fought for the United States.
Monday, September 25, 2017
BUFFALO SOLDIERS QUANDARY?
This statue is from the Buffalo Soldiers memorial at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, (near KC). It is part of a major military tribute to the valor of former Civil War black soldiers, who were removed from the South to facilitate their own people's political and economic repression and to defeat and pacify the Indians in the Western United States ' territory for settlement by white pioneers. The 9th and 10th Cavalry, whom the Indians named "Buffalo Soldiers," due to their strength , bravery, hair and color, were disbanded in the 1890s after the Spanish American War that was fought in the Caribbean Sea and in the South Pacific (Philippines) where these soldiers also fought for the United States.