(Feel free to repost the entire article with all pics included.)
Happy almost Independence Day!!
All races were integrated in the U.S. Army until Democrat President Woodrow Wilson segregated blacks and whites in 1914.
One problem: pictures show the Rough Riders on horseback. Only TR had a horse. The rest had been left in Tampa.
The RRs took Kettle, poured fire into San Juan Hill, charged down Kettle then back up San Juan, which had been taken for the most part by the NY regiment a d the 10th Cavslry (Buffalo Soldiers) again on foot.
Living in Tampa, Teddy Roosevelt is all over the place. They used Tampa to get to Cuba...