[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 86 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. CON. RES. 86

Requesting that the United States Postal Service issue a commemorative 
     postage stamp honoring the 9th and 10th Horse Cavalry Units, 
              collectively known as the Buffalo Soldiers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 29, 2000

  Mr. DeWine submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Requesting that the United States Postal Service issue a commemorative 
     postage stamp honoring the 9th and 10th Horse Cavalry Units, 
              collectively known as the Buffalo Soldiers.

Whereas the 9th and 10th Horse Cavalry Units, collectively known as the Buffalo 
        Soldiers, have made key contributions to the history of the United 
        States by fighting to defend and protect our Nation;
Whereas the 9th and 10th Horse Cavalry Units maintained the trails and protected 
        the settler communities during the period of westward expansion;
Whereas the 9th and 10th Horse Cavalry Units, who came to be known as the 
        Buffalo Soldiers while in combat with the Native Americans, secured land 
        for the Union from the Native Americans;
Whereas the 9th and 10th Horse Cavalry Units were among Theodore Roosevelt's 
        Rough Riders in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, and crossed into 
        Mexico in 1916 under General John J. Pershing;
Whereas African-American men were drafted into the 9th and 10th Horse Cavalry 
        Units to serve on harsh terrain and protect the Mexican Border;
Whereas these African-American units went to North Africa, Iran, and Italy 
        during World War II and worked in many positions including paratroopers 
        and combat engineers;
Whereas in the face of fear of a Japanese invasion, the soldiers in the 9th and 
        10th Cavalry units were placed along the rugged border terrain of the 
        Baja Peninsula and protected dams, power stations, and rail lines that 
        were crucial to San Diego's war industries; and
Whereas the 21 currently existing chapters of the 9th and 10th Cavalry 
        Association, with 20 domestic chapters and 1 in Germany, have built a 
        Buffalo Soldiers Memorial in Junction City, Kansas: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That Congress requests that the United States Postal Service issue a 
commemorative postage stamp in honor of the 9th and 10th Horse Cavalry 
Units, collectively known as the Buffalo Solders.
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