The buffalo soldiers of the New Mexico Fort Stanton: click go

Billy the kid Byway (in a previous article I wrote about Billy, but it was waiting for more on this route,) is a scenic road to Ruidoso, New Mexico, which held several surprises for me. I seem still pleasantly surprised by what the next turn in the road is. For a long time when I went somewhere, I went with the aircraft. (What? I with all this time, which I saved). With years of flying over the land I lost sense of which, the smell of it, the tactility face of the land, the touch it, its bump-ity bump. From 50,000 feet, it looks like a pristine area of the collection, but not disfigured from here from this patch. To close this reality of.

Fort Stanton began as a military post. It was built to protect settlers along the Rio Bonito in 1855 during the Apache wars. It is located in the Lincoln national forest of New Mexico. It was home to the 8th and 9th Cavalry; The buffalo soldiers. A display quotes, that a commander in the fort, John was Pershing, his collaboration with this Fort as Black Jack Pershing known are due to the j. a nickname, that with him all his life put. Many places and times claim to be the birthplace of his nickname and this story is as good as any. Also it is if not at least as much, the soldiers, the role more than their commanders and the buffalo soldiers drew up and proudly served. Their motto was "we can, we willing," and proven by their service it - they could and they did. The regiments of troops from the Buffalo Bundeswehr soldiers during this time the Congressional Medal of honor was awarded six officers and thirteen enlisted men.

Stanton had a varied past Fort. During the second war, it served as an internment camp for Japanese citizens and also captured German soldiers. Apparently German U-boats have closer on American shores, as the Government wanted to know us. Later, it was America's first federal residential tuberculosis hospital. Today it has many applications including a Web site for military re-enactments will.

Here, the instructor was very knowledgeable, informative and entertaining. He taught me the meaning of the word 'Teacher'. It is a contraction of significance, no cents.

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