Buffalo Soldiers guarding our National Parks in California

That was a sweet deployment duty.:)

Any chance the brochure is on line anywhere?

I also wonder if there's a cemetery listing. It would be a great way to document these soldiers.

yep - thanks to Google, I found

http://www.interment.net/data/us/ca/sanfran/sfnat/index.htm

It is not a complete list but does include every name that was submitted to the Department of Veteran Affairs.

Also, on www.findagrave.com, see this -- http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=8344&...;. Over 26,000 graves in this cemetery.

According to the brochure, there are 450 Buffalo soldiers buried at the SF National Cemetery. I like cemeteries and the history they represent. Thinking of going there and taking pictures of each tombstone. What do you think?

What a fabulous Project!

Vidda, if you do photograph, be sure to sign up as a contributor at findagrave and cross-post your photos on that site. So many of us use that site as a source for our profiles.

There are only 20 people in the Buffalo Soldiers project now. If you could get pics of the markers and upload them to Pacasa, we could get them input into the tree. Do they have a list of names on thier site?

Sadly, we have not been able to get a list. Next step, contact either Park Service (they put out the brochure stating 450 buried there) or the cemetery itself.

Don't have time right now to continue this research, but if no one else wants to pick this up, will handle in about a month when things slow down in my world.

Vidda, if we can get the research portion done during the "wet" months, we can go take pictures in the spring. I bet the cemetery is lovely in the spring. If you can't pick it up for a month, that's okay. If I find open time in my calendar, I'll do some research too, and let you know what/if I find something.

Charles Edmonds is attending the Expo.

Found a museum on Buffalo Soldiers in Houston, TX but very little online regarding those who fought in the Spanish American war. But this link
http://www.buffalosoldier.net/Part%205.htm
has very detailed history of Buffalo Soldiers dating back to the Civil War, with names of individuals and info about them. Again, though very little on those who fought in the Span-Am war.

I could not get the video clip at the bottom of Vidda's link to open and play. Bummer, because it's about the 25th Infantry returning from Cuba in the
Spanish American War,1898.

I tried it as well, even downloaded the required "RealTime" software to play it but get an error message. Anyone else have any luck? Nevertheless, the written data provides a lot of good info, including names.

The server refused my request to play it. I know my player is set up right so the problem is at their end

Maria, I couldn't either but I found the following videos in Youtube:
Fort Bayard, Buffalo Soldiers Home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFw2RzsdWrI&feature=fvsr
History of Buffalo Soldiers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbcxZM32ZrQ&feature=related
United States Colored Troops - African American US Army Soldiers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJC1epK76cw&feature=related
Invisible Men of Honor-The Legend of the Buffalo Soldiers Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNgd0-r-85U
For Love of Liberty - Buffalo Soldiers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPp9EgWZZC4&feature=related

The last one makes mention of the Spanish American war. There are more films there but they have to be filtered through.