FIRST -- African American graduate from USMA -- Fort Leavenworth, KS
N 39° 20.794 W 094° 55.172
15S E 334592 N 4356993
The memorial featuring a bust of 2nd Lt Henry O. Flipper stands proudly near the Buffalo Soldiers Monument on board Fort Leavenworth KS. 2nd Lt Flipper is the first African American graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point.
Waymark Code: WMGQZT
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 04/02/2013
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Text is carved into three sides of the monument:
[left panel]
[Surveyors tool]
Civilian Life
From Slave to Scholar
Author - Inventor
Historian
Surveyor -- Engineer
Linguist
Mining & Oil Consultant
Newspaper Editor
Cartographer
Special Agent
US Justice Department
Interpreter & Translator
Senate Native Americans Committee
Assistant to the
Secretary of Interior
[center panel]
[US Military Academy Corps of Cadets insignia]
2nd Lt Henry Ossian Flipper
Born 21 March 1856
Thomasville Georgia
--Early Schooling--
Private Tutors
American Missionary Association
Atlanta University
US Military Academy
01 July 1873 - 14 Jun 1877
4th Black to attend
1st Black to graduate
Died 26 April 1940
Gravesite - Thomasville Georgia
Henry O. Flipper's legacy echoes
through the actions of all
African-American men and women
who have worn Cadet Gray and
served our nation as Military officers
and leaders of character."
LTG F. L. Hagenbeck
Superintendent, USMA
30 March 2007
[right panel]
[crossed sabers with 10th R G G]
Military Life
15 June 1877 - 30 June 1882
10th US Cavalry
Commander G Troop
"Buffalo Soldier"
Duty Stations
Ft. Sill Oklahoma
Ft. Elliott Texas
Ft. Concho Texas
Ft. Davis Texas
Court-Martial
17 Sept - 08 Dec 1881
Dismissed from service (unjustly)
30 Jun 1882
Honorable discharge approved
08 Feb 1977
Presidential Pardon granted
19 Feb 1999
(First Presidential pardon
granted posthumously)
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 06/14/1877
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