July 28: National Buffalo Soldier Day

By Father Chris Roque, Chaplain Reenactor, Fort Mc-Kavett 

Vicar of Calvary Episcopal Church, Menard & St. James Episcopal Church, Fort McKavett On July 28, 1866, the 39th Congress passed into law the Reorganization Act of 1866, officially recorded “An Act to increase and fix the Military Peace Establishment of the United States.” Section 3 of this act created an additional four regiments …