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Dr. Juliet E. K. Walker
Professor, Department of History
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Buffalo Soldiers,

A monument to Flipper's Buffalo Soldiers proposed by Gen. Colin Powell opened in 1992 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, the birthplace of the 10th Cavalry. General Colin Powell, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff kept a painting in his Pentagon office featuring Lieutenant Flipper and his commanding officer, Colonel Grierson on patrol.

Related Links:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/admin/buffalo/buffalo.htm

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Last Modified: March 15, 2003