In addition
to helping defend the Western frontier against hostile native tribes and
outlaws, Buffalo soldiers also mapped vast areas of the Southwest and
strung hundreds of miles of telegraph lines.
Storyteller
Calvin Sims will bring the ninth and tenth cavalries to life for students
sa he recounts true stories. Dressed in period attire, he tells the stories
of heroes that most people have never heard of, such as Henry O. Flipper,
the first black graduate of West Point and leader of the Buffalo units.
William Cathy, the Buffalo soldier who pretended to be a man to escape
gender discrimination, also is included.
Sims will be
at Whitewater Feb. 14. His program will begin around 9:30 a.m. in the
gym.
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