[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 77 (Friday, June 17, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: June 17, 1994]
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       BUFFALO SOLDIERS COMMEMORATIVE RIDE OF COL. CHARLES YOUNG

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                          HON. DAVID L. HOBSON

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 17, 1994

  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Speaker, nearly 80 years ago today during the Great 
War, Col. Charles Young undertook a 600-mile journey on horseback to 
Washington, DC, from Xenia, OH, to prove his fitness for service in the 
U.S. Army.
  By the age of 50, Colonel Young had already proven himself as a 
distinguished soldier in Cuba, the Philippines, Haiti, and the Mexican 
campaign. And his deeds were a tribute not only to his home State of 
Ohio, but also to our great Nation.
  I am proud to honor this man and many like him whose service to the 
United States as Buffalo Soldiers--from the time of their service on 
America's western frontier to the Korean War--went largely unnoticed 
and unheralded.
  Through his outstanding military service, Colonel Young promoted by 
example the right to equality for himself and every African-American. I 
honor his courage, not only in the course of battle, but in the course 
of fighting against discrimination and segregation which was routine in 
our military's history.
  At Arlington National Cemetery today, a ceremony at the gravesite of 
Colonel Young marks the end of the Buffalo Soldiers' commemorative ride 
which began in Ohio 4 days ago. Let it also mark the end of racial 
discrimination in our military and a new beginning for remembering the 
deeds and the services of America's Buffalo Soldiers.

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