SENDING IN THE CAVALRY PERFORMERS HONOR BUFFALO SOLDIERS WHO JOINED U.S. ARMY AFTER CIVIL WAR.Byline: Lisa M. Sodders Staff Writer PASADENA - Most of the time, A.J. Simien is a fire captain with the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. City Fire Department. But this week, he steps back in time to take the role of a 17-year-old former slave from Louisiana who joined a newly formed black cavalry unit, the Buffalo Soldiers buffalo soldiers, name given to the African-American U.S. army regiments commissioned by Congress to patrol the American West after the Civil War. Consisting of two infantry and two cavalry regiments, they were the first such units chartered in peacetime. . ``We came out West, and our mission was repacification of the lands that had gone wild after the Civil War,'' said Simien, 55, of Shadow Hills. The New Buffalo New Buffalo is: The name of several towns in the United States:
Rooted in tradition, this parade is broadcast on multiple television networks, watched by upwards of one parade. This will be the group's Ninth appearance in the parade. On Saturday and today, they were scheduled to appear at the Tournament of Roses Family Festival just south of the Rose Bowl. ``The Rose Parade is the crown jewel Crown jewel A particularly profitable or otherwise particularly valuable corporate unit or asset of a firm. Often used in risk arbitrage. The most desirable entities within a diversified corporation as measured by asset value, earning power, and business prospects; in takeover of all parades; it's seen by everybody,'' Simien said. The Shadow Hills-based group, which was founded in 1990 by Glendale neonatologist John Mapp, 52, has about 20 members from all parts of Los Angeles County, said C.F. Marshall, 55, of Burbank, who will serve as marshal in the parade. The Buffalo Soldiers were cavalry regiments composed of blacks who enlisted in the U.S. Army after the Civil War. Mapp estimates that between 20,000 and 30,000 blacks served in the two cavalry regiments and four infantry regiments created by Congress in the years following the war. Companies had 50 to 60 men, with 12 companies to a regiment. The New Buffalo Soldiers strive to re-create Company H of the 10th Cavalry, which served in Kansas, Oklahoma Kansas is a town in Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 685 at the 2000 census. Geography Kansas is located at (36.202423, -94.795122)GR1. and other parts of the frontier between 1866 and 1871 and guarded the building of the railroads. Thanks to the popularity of Civil War re-enactors, the group has had little trouble securing replicas of wool uniforms and the pistols and sabers their historical models might have used, Mapp said. The cavalry issued Civil War-era equipment as late as 1874 in some cases. Although many Buffalo Soldiers fought in the Civil War, the regiments also attracted newly freed slaves. The pay - $13 a month - was considered good for the time, and the hardships they faced ``were not unusual,'' Mapp said, compared to what other minority groups were facing at the same time. ``All minorities in the 19th and 20th century used the military as a way of gaining a foothold or pursuing the value of their citizenship, showing their worth,'' Mapp said. ``Name any other `skilled' trade blacks were in,'' Mapp said. ``There weren't 20,000 black doctors or 20,000 black teachers. You can't be a soldier without some kind of training.'' Only 13 of the soldiers will march in Wednesday's parade, and their role will be limited to riding and interacting with the public, Mapp said. But the group gave a more detailed demonstration Saturday at the festival, which continues today. In addition to a campsite with tents, the soldiers also performed riding maneuvers in an arena, including one in which their horses knelt to serve as shields while the soldiers fired their weapons - loaded with blanks - at a phantom enemy. Other equestrian groups that will march in the parade include the Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum Riders, the U.S. Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard, Medieval Times
Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament Dinner and Tournament, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Royal Canadian Mounted Police, constabulary organized (1873) as the Northwest Mounted Police to bring law and order to the Canadian west. In 1920 the name was changed to the present title. , and Bo Derek's Bless the Beasts. Another San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. group, the Foxfield Equestrian Team from Westlake Village, will be making its second Rose Parade appearance this year. The 14 riders, all girls between the ages of 16 and 18 from the Foxfield Riding School, will wear red, white and blue outfits. Frank Quiambao, the new president of West Los Angeles College WLAC is a part of the California Community Colleges system, within the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD), and fully accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges[1]. , is scheduled to ride with the Longbeach Mounted Police Mounted police are police who patrol on horseback. They continue to serve in remote areas and in metropolitan areas where their day-to-day function may be largely picturesque or ceremonial, but they are also employed in crowd control. in the parade. The 21 riders have been in most of the Rose Parades since 1935 and ride golden palominos with sterling-silver saddles. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Members of the New Buffalo Soldiers hang back with their horses Saturday at the Tournament of Roses Family Festival. (2) The New Buffalo Soldiers ride in formation, honoring the black cavalry regiments who joined the U.S. Army after the Civil War. Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer |
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