Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club plans return to Columbus, NM during Raid Day

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COLUMBUS, N.M. – Returning to the site where their predecessors helped battle Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, the Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club of El Paso will visit Columbus, New Mexico on Saturday, March 5th, 2022.

The Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club of El Paso is a community service group which honors the history of the African American soldiers of the U.S. 9th and 10th Calvary. More information on the Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club's many programs can be found at https://epbsmc.com/home. The mission statement for the Buffalo Soldiers MC is: to do good things in our community and be positive role models for our youth.

The BSMC of El Paso webpage gives this brief history of the Calvary units:

Buffalo soldiers were African American soldiers who mainly served on the Western frontier following the American Civil War. In 1866, six all-black cavalry and infantry regiments were created after Congress passed the Army Organization Act. Their main tasks were to help control the Native Americans of the Plains, capture cattle rustlers and thieves and protect settlers, stagecoaches, wagon trains and railroad crews along the Western front.

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