photos by Gerald E. McLeod The Buffalo Soldier Memorial stands across a busy street from Fort Concho National Historic Landmark in San Angelo , where many African American soldiers served. Ten stone pillars along a walkway in a shaded grove honor men and women who helped open the western frontier of Texas to settlement. A project of the San Angelo NAACP , the memorial was dedicated on July 28, 2023 – National Buffalo Soldiers Day . Organizers of the project say it is the only memorial in Texas dedicated to the Black enlisted soldiers who served in late 19th-century Texas.

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