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A Benefit for the DC League of Women Voters - Education Fund
'Storyteller Johnnie Lockett Thomas's dramatization of the Buffalo Soldiers
Saturday, May 22, 2004
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Refreshments Served
People's Congregational Church
4704 13th Street, NW
Washington, DC
Tickets: $25.00/person
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Trooper Richard Robinson, National President,
9th and 10th (Horse) Cavalry Association
The Greater Washington D.C. Chapter (Buffalo Soldiers)
More than 180,000 African-Americans served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Of these, more than 33,000 died. After the war, the future of African-Americans in the U.S. Army was in doubt. In July 1866, however, Congress passed legislation establishing two cavalry and four infantry regiments (later consolidated to two) whose enlisted composition was to be made up of African-Americans. The majority of the new recruits had served in all Black units during the war. The mounted regiments were the 9th and 10th Cavalries, soon nicknamed Buffalo Soldiers by the Cheyenne and Comanche. Until the early 1890s they constituted 20 percent of all cavalry forces on the American frontier. — International Museum of the Horse
"She'll knock your socks off!" says Sigrid Laird, President, Montana Women's Club
They fought hostile Indians, prejudice, out-laws, disease and elements. They were stationed at the most isolated posts. Johnnie Thomas presents an outstanding history. Don't miss it!!
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