Author Wes Hardin will be on hand at the Central Library this Saturday (March 25) from 2 to 4 p.m. to discuss the historical journey of the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps of 1897. Originally formed in 1869, the 25th Infantry was one of four African-American military units posted west of the Mississippi River. Known as Buffalo Soldiers, these military men were deployed in 1897 to travel 1,900 miles across 5 states (from Billings, MT, to St. Louis, Mo.) in 41 days to test bicycles as vehicles for war.
This presentation is being sponsored, in part, by the 15th annual Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing celebration committee
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