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The Grapeshot Newsletter - April 2021
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"We are beginning an occasional series highlighting other historical and heritage groups in the Phoenix area". The Buffalo Soldiers of the Arizona Territory were organized to ensure the heritage of the AZ territorial period and the Black Americans of that time are not lost to destiny.
february 28, 2021 buffalo soldiers statue at capitol
THE MESA TRIBUNE NEWSPAPER - Mesa group launches drive for Buffalo Soldiers statue at Capitol. A Mesa organization has launched a drive to raise $650,000 for a First African American Buffalo Soldiers Arizona Territory Monument at the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza in the State Capitol complex. Commander Fred Marable and Deputy Commander Michelle London-Marable said the monument would give some long-needed recognition to "the rich cultural history of the Buffalo Soldiers 9th and 10th Cavalry and 24th and 25th Infantry. The Buffalo Soldiers were African American Soldiers who served on the Western Frontier following the Civil War. The Buffalo Soldiers of the Arizona Territory tries to keep alive the memory of these soldiers, who were active in territorial Arizona from 1866 - 1902. "The history of the 9th and 10th Cavalry regiments is not only a part of the great military tradition of the U.S. but of the history of Black accomplishment. It is a distinct and unique history,"
The Mesa Tribune Newspaper - Mesa group launches drive for Buffalo Soldiers state at Capitol.
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Effort to build monument for 'Buffalo Soldiers' is on
The Official Arizona Centennial Legacy Buffalo Soldiers of the Arizona Territory - Ladies and Gentlemen of the Regiment, garnered backing from United Arizona Veterans (UAV) to build a monument at Wesley Bolin Plaza to pay tribute to the legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers. Additional, state legislators Representative Richard Andrade and Senator Catherine Miranda.
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On February 14, 2018, Senator Catherine Miranda, SB1179 Buffalo Soldiers Memorial and the Official Arizona Centennial Legacy Buffalo Soldiers of the Arizona Territory - Ladies and Gentlemen of the Regiment, Mesa, Arizona is the proponent of the SB1179.