Public History Events
The OE History Nights at McMenamins
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OE History Night
Tuesday, August 31, 6:30pm
McMenamins Edgefield, Troutdale
“Buffalo Soldiers in the Northwest,” presented by Greg Shine, Chief Ranger at Fort Vancouver
In April 1899, the first African American regiment to serve out of Fort Vancouver arrived to train and provide military support to the northwest region. Company B of the Twenty-fourth U.S. Infantry Regiment was one of four African American Regiments, known as Buffalo Soldiers, within the armed forces sent to guard the railroads and impose martial law, among other duties. They also created a rich social life that included dances and baseball games. Chief Ranger Greg Shine presents his research on race and the military within the Vancouver Barracks, with a look at some of the members of the regiment who left their mark on the community they served.
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Ulysses S. Grant, a native of Ohio, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1843 and embarked on a career in the U.S. Army, rising to the rank of general-in-chief for the United States during the Civil War. Grant effectively parlayed his wartime fame into political office and was elected the eighteenth president of the United States in 1868, serving two terms. 
