Black History Month at WOA Dnipro

This afternoon the session of the Gabfest Club (Dnipro, Ukraine) was dedicated to the Black History Month. This year the theme of the Month is “African Americans in Times of War”.
The group was introduced to several unknown facts from the US military history.
The first facts were about the Buffalo soldiers. The "Buffalo Soldiers" were established by Congress as the first peacetime all-black regiments in the regular U.S. Army. They served on the western frontier, battling Indians and protecting settlers.
 

The second fact was about the 15th New York National Guard Regiment. It was an infantry regiment of the New York Army National Guard during World War I. The regiment was nicknamed the Harlem Hellfighters, the Black Rattlers, and the Men of Bronze, which was given to the regiment by the French. The nickname "Hell Fighters" was given to them by the Germans due to their toughness and that they never lost a man through capture, lost a trench or a foot of ground to the enemy.
Both facts were illustrated with the History channel videos that gave us the insight into the US military history and the role of African Americans in it.
The session was educational for all generations of Club members.
Participants number – 58 persons.

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