Buffalo Soldiers were among the first park rangers
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The National Park Service marked its 110th anniversary on August 25, 2026. The piece reveals that Buffalo Soldiers—African American members of all-Black U.S. Army regiments—were among the earliest park rangers, beginning at Yosemite in 1899, and that Captain Charles Young became the first African American acting superintendent of Sequoia National Park in 1903.
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