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photo source:Karen SillimanBuffalo Soldiers, Yosemite National Park, 1903Before the creation of the National Park Service in 1916, the task of protecting the handful of national parks fell to the U.S. Army.  Among the protectors were the African-American “Buffalo Soldiers,” who patrolled Yosemite, General Grant and Sequoia national parks in California.
photo source:Karen SillimanBuffalo Soldiers, Yosemite National Park, 1903Before the creation of the National Park Service in 1916, the task of protecting the handful of national parks fell to the U.S. Army. Among the protectors were the African-American “Buffalo Soldiers,” who patrolled Yosemite, General Grant and Sequoia national parks in California.
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