Colorado Front Range

Buffalo Soldiers

COLORADO FRONT RANGE

BUFFALO
SOLDIERS

Cavalry, Park Protectors, and Pioneers. The Front Range Buffalo Soldiers’ History ReGEN Team brings the impact of the 9th and 10th Cavalry and the 24th and 25th Infantry regiments to today’s generations.

Our Program

Colorado Front Range Buffalo Soldiers is a non-profit organization that provides educational presentations for schools and community events. We believe that students must learn from our history to be the generation that carries us as a people and as a nation forward.

Educators! We are working on our Resource Lists for Classrooms. Watch the Resources section for the latest updates.

Team Appearance Request

If you’d like to request the Front Range Buffalo Soldiers for your school or community event, please fill out this form to submit a request. We will contact you to gather more details about your event and how we can reGENERATE the history of the Buffalo Soldiers and their pivotal role in westward expansion of these United States.

Upcoming REGEN Presentations

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Living History: The Life of a Buffalo Soldier

Learning About the Buffalo Soldiers History at the Dunes and Southern Colorado

Great Sand Dunes Visitor Center - Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

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We Were Here - Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Garland

The soldier's life in Colorado during the western expansion

Fort Garland Museum and Cultural Center

Front Range Buffalo Soldiers event

Resources

Documentary: "Buffalo Soliders: Fighting On Two Fronts"

Denver native Dru Holley’s production company is the creative team behind this informational and powerful documentary.

Established by Congress, the 14th Amendment promised citizenship in exchange for enlistment, prompting many African American men. They were denied due to Jim Crow laws but still served. The documentary examines the profound and often-contradictory roles played by Buffalo Soldiers in U.S. history, and how they fought on two sets of front lines: military conflicts abroad and civil rights struggles at home.

Watch on PBS (Streaming Subscription Required)

https://www.pbs.org/video/buffalo-soldiers-fighting-on-two-fronts-e3yici/

Resources for Classrooms

We’re still blazing this trail…Check back in with us later.

Community Memorial and
Dedication of A Highway

A memorial To Forever Honor Black American Heroes

On July 28, 2016, the Colorado Springs Memorial Park became home to a long overdue addition of tributes to American heroes. The Buffalo Soldiers Community Memorial remembers and honors the establishment of the all-black regiments within the U.S. Army: the 9th and 10th Cavalry and the 24th and 25th Infantry regiments. These undervalued soldiers were instrumental in the United States’ westward expansion, protecting the settlers from the East while battling their own challenges for freedom from the South.
The memorial stands today as the result of years of planning, fundraising, and dedication from the Colorado Springs Buffalo Soldier Memorial Association. The association led the charge of bringing this long overdue memorial to the park. Dedicated on the 150th anniversary, this memorial will forever honor the contributions made by these Black American Heroes.

Highway Dedication

The Colorado State Joint Resolution recognizes the contributions of the four African-American army units, the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments and the 24th and 25th Infantry Regiments. The resolution designates the section of U.S. Highway 24 from Mile Marker 308 to Mile Marker 298, near Garden of the Gods, through the cities of Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs, Colorado to be renamed the “Buffalo Soldiers Memorial Highway.”

Sponsors of the Resolution

CO State Representatives: Terri Carver and Pete Lee

CO State Senators: Michael Merrifield and Kent Lambert

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