Monday, November 20, 2006

Buffalo Soldier National Museum Acquires Historic Colletion

The Buffalo Soldier Museum in Houston, Texas recently received a substantial donation of military uniforms, weapons, pictures and diaries that tells the story of black soldiers from the end of the Civil War to World War I. The collection belonged to Anthony Powell, a historian who lives in California's Bay Area. Mr. Powell packed up his collection and drove a Budget rental truck 2,000 miles to deliver 13 crates of military memorabilia to the Buffalo Soldier National Museum.

Pictured here is Trooper PJ Matthews, the museum curator.

For more information about Mr. Powell's donation click on this link:

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It is tremendous that this collection was given to the museum in Houston, but I regret that it was not given to the museum in Sierra Vista (Fort Huachuca), Arizona, where most of the Buffalo Soldiers spent their service, especially in earlier years. I guess I feel that way because I live in Arizona, and am proud of its historical relationship to the Buffalo Soldiers.