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NPS Buffalo Soldiers Scoping Home Page
July 12, 2016 - The National Park Service is conducting a study to evaluate ways to commemorate and interpret the role of Buffalo Soldiers in the early years of the national park system, enhance historical research, education, and public awareness of their stewardship role in the national parks, and further connect the Buffalo Soldiers story to the national parks and African American military service following the Civil War. The goal of the study is to increase public awareness and understanding of Buffalo Soldiers in the early history of the National Park Service, promote awareness and relevancy of the National Park Service within African American communities, and enhance historical research, education and public awareness related to the Buffalo Soldiers.
The NPS would like your help to enhance our understanding of the Buffalo Soldiers story, current efforts underway to tell the story, and potential opportunities to improve public awareness. Please share your thoughts about the following questions by selecting the 'Comment Now' button below.
1. What are the most interesting aspects of the Buffalo Soldiers story to you?
2. How could the National Park Service enhance current efforts to commemorate and tell the story of the Buffalo Soldiers? (i.e., interactive online maps and other information, ranger-led tours, school programs, interpretive trails, etc.)?
3. What is being done outside the National Park Service to tell the story of the Buffalo Soldiers (i.e., reenactment groups, Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club chapters, etc.)?
4. Do you have other ideas or comments you would like to share with us about what can be done to enhance current efforts to tell the Buffalo Soldiers story?
The Buffalo Soldiers study is a nationwide study that will take place over the next two years. At the conclusion of the study, the National Park Service will forward our findings to the Secretary of the Interior, who will submit the study to Congress for its consideration.
The purpose of this flyer is not only to provide you with information about this planning effort, but also to ask for your input. By sharing your ideas and opinions in response to the questions above, you can help shape the way the National Park Service tells the Buffalo Soldier story in the future. Thank you for taking the time to learn about and comment on this study. We look forward to hearing from you!
Sincerely,
Stephanie Toothman
Associate Director
Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science
National Park Service
| Topic Questions: |
| 1. What are the most interesting aspects of the Buffalo Soldiers story to you? |
| 2. How could the National Park Service enhance current efforts to commemorate and tell the story of the Buffalo Soldiers? (i.e., interactive online maps and other information, ranger-led tours, school programs, interpretive trails, etc.)? |
| 3. What is being done outside the National Park Service to tell the story of the Buffalo Soldiers (i.e., reenactment groups, Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club chapters, etc.)? |
| 4. Do you have other ideas or comments you would like to share with us about what can be done to enhance current efforts to tell the Buffalo Soldiers story? |
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Source: NPS
