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CONUS Archive
189292
Buffalo - Soldiers
Austin, TX
VO/NATS
7/28/2000
40:48
1:17
Austin, TX
CU OF DRUMMING;CU OF MAN IN FRONTIER U.S. CAV. UNIFORM;3 SHOT MEN IN BUFFALO SOLDIER UNIFORMS; CU OF TRUMPET;CU MARCHING BOOTS; TELEPHOTO BUFFALO SOLDIERS W/U.S. ARMY, U.S. AND TX FLAGS; MAN IN CAVALRY UNIFORM PLAYS TRUMPET; BUFFALO SOLDIERS MARCHING; WIDE SHOT BUFFALO SOLDIERS MARCH TO TX CAPITOL; CU BUFFALO SOLDIERS; CU MARCHING BOOTS; WIDE SHOT BUFFALO SOLDIER COLOR GUARD; CUTAWAY WOMAN W/VIDEO CAMERA; CUTAWAY GIRL IN 1880'S COSTUME; PEOPLE CLAPPING; CU BUFFALO SOLDIER FACE; WIDE SHOT BUFFALO SOLDIERS ON TX CAP. STEPS
KIDS LEARN ABOUT TEXAS FRONTIER HISTORY FROM MEN PORTRAYING BUFFALO SOLDIERS, THE NICKNAME INDIANS GAVE TO BLACK CAVALRYMEN
VISITORS TO THE TEXAS STATE CAPITAL IN AUSTIN FRIDAY GOT A GLIMPSE OF LIVING HISTORY. THE TEXAS BUFFALO SOLDIERS WERE ON PARADE TO HONOR THE FAMED CAVALRYMEN AND OTHER TEXAS SETTLERS. THE GROUP WAS FORMED TO BRING THE STORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN FRONTIER SOLDIERS TO URBAN YOUTH. THE SOLDIERS DRESS IN AUTHENTIC CAVALRY UNIFORMS AND DELIVER A MESSAGE OF MINORITY PRIDE AND ACHIEVEMENT. THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT STARTED THE GROUP TO PROMOTE THE HISTORY OF THE CAVALRY UNIT, NATIVE-AMERICAN INDIANS, NEGRO COWBOYS, VAQUEROS AND OTHER CULTURAL GROUPS IN TEXAS IN THE 1880'S. THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE HAS PROCLAIMED JULY AS TEXAS BUFFALO SOLDIERS MONTH. THE MODERN BUFFALO SOLDIER UNITS COME FROM DALLAS, FORT WORTH AND AUSTIN. WESTERN FEED-DATE: 00JUL28 WESTERN
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