COLCHESTER, Vt. (AP) - In a story July 3 about the Buffalo Soldiers, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Burlington Free Press, erroneously reported how they were formed. The troop was formed by an act passed by U.S. Congress, not by President Abraham Lincoln.
A corrected version of the story is below:
African-American soldiers honored with historic marker
Officials in Vermont added a new historic marker that commemorates an African-American regiment of the U.S. Army with ties to the state
COLCHESTER, Vt. (AP) - Officials in Vermont have added a new historic marker that commemorates an African-American regiment of the U.S. Army with ties to the state.
The Burlington Free Press reports (https://bfpne.ws/2tCia1m) the marker honoring the U.S. Army 10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers was dedicated Sunday outside the Elly-Long Music Center in Colchester. The sign joins several sites that compose the Vermont African American Heritage Trail.
The Buffalo Soldiers were a troop formed in the 1860s through an act passed by U.S. Congress.
Colchester’s Fort Ethan Allen was home to the 10th Cavalry in the early 1900s. St. Michael’s College history professor Doug Slaybaugh says the group had better conditions than other Buffalo Soldiers who were often neglected.
Executive director of the Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity Curtiss Reed says the trail encourages tourism for people of color.
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