Charles Young Buffalo Soldiersn Monument

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The National Park Foundation supports Ohio's Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument, home of post-Civil War military legacy Col. Charles Young.

The Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument was established on March 25, 2013 and preserved the home and post-Civil War military legacy of Col. Charles Young (1864-1922). Col. Young, a distinguished officer in the United States Army, was the third African American to graduate from West Point and the first to achieve the rank of colonel. He was also the first African American to serve as a superintendent of a national park, commanding the U.S. Army troops national parks in California.[1]

Charles Young

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument

Throughout his life, Charles Young overcame countless obstacles in his ascent to prominence. In spite of overt racism and stifling inequality, Young rose through the military ranks to become one of the most respected leaders of his time.  A well-rounded man with a steadfast devotion to duty, Young led by example and inspired a generation of new leaders.[2]

In 1884, Second Lieutenant Charles Young became just the third African American to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Young distinguished himself as a soldier in the Ninth U.S. Cavalry, one of the black troops known as the Buffalo Soldiers that served, among other roles, as some of the nation’s first park rangers. Despite the rigid segregation of the U.S. military at the time, Young rose through the ranks to become a colonel; served as a professor of military science, French, chemistry, geometry and geology at Wilberforce University in Ohio; and went on to become the first African American acting national park superintendent at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park in 1903. The national monument preserves Young’s home in Xenia, Ohio, and helps tell not only his story, but the story of life as an African American soldier in the 19th century.

Colonel Charles Young lived a remarkable life, overcoming racism and injustice to become a respected military officer, park steward and inspirational leader."[3]

Collection

In this monument the visitors also can get the information about Charles Young, Buffalo Soldiers, Youngsholm House, and all the story Life of Colonel Charles.

Example for Charles Young information, the monument shows about specific periods of Charles Young's life through the entire chronology:

  • Early Life
  • West Point
  • Early Military Career
  • Wilberforce, Ohio
  • First African-American National Park Superintendent
  • Latter Military Career
  • A Long & Distinguished Military Career
  • Final Resting Place[4]

External Link

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Reference

  1. Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument. Nationalparks. Retrieved January 28, 2021
  2. Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers. Nps.gov. Retrieved January 28, 2021
  3. Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers. Npca. Retrieved January 28, 2021
  4. Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers. Nps.gov. Retrieved January 28, 2021