{"id":16780,"date":"2025-07-31T16:40:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T16:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=16780"},"modified":"2025-07-31T16:40:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T16:40:52","slug":"the-buffalo-soldiers-legacy-continues-to-ride-through-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/the-buffalo-soldiers-legacy-continues-to-ride-through-ohio\/","title":{"rendered":"The Buffalo Soldiers Legacy Continues to Ride Through Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16781 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Buffalo-Soldiers-Fred-LeFebvre-PIO-and-Earl-Mack-Commander-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Buffalo-Soldiers-Fred-LeFebvre-PIO-and-Earl-Mack-Commander-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Buffalo-Soldiers-Fred-LeFebvre-PIO-and-Earl-Mack-Commander-370x247.jpg 370w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Buffalo-Soldiers-Fred-LeFebvre-PIO-and-Earl-Mack-Commander.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>By Alexandria Leatherberry<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Truth Reporter<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Members of the Toledo Buffalo Soldier Motorcycle Club gathered over the weekend to celebrate the occasion marked on July 28 in Ohio as Buffalo Soldiers Day. In 2022, Gov. Mike DeWine established Ohio as the first, and still the only, state in the nation to officially recognize the legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2013, the Toledo Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, made it their mission to educate the public on the accomplishments of the Buffalo Soldiers. Servicing as a brotherhood through scholarship programs, community outreach and youth engagement. Their initiatives include adopting local schools, providing anti-bullying education, emergency preparedness workshops, meals for veterans and holiday programs serving annually.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16782\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16782\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16782\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Earl-Mack-speaks-at-the-press-conference-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Earl-Mack-speaks-at-the-press-conference-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Earl-Mack-speaks-at-the-press-conference-370x247.jpg 370w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Earl-Mack-speaks-at-the-press-conference.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earl Mack speaks at the press conference<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Buffalo Soldiers were African-American soldiers who served in the U.S. Army after the Civil War. They earned their nickname from Native American tribes for their bravery, fierce combat skills, and distinctive traits. The unit served on the Western frontier and in multiple conflicts through the early 20th century.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club carries the name to \u201ctie the group to something that moved the country forward\u201d stated Earl Mack. During the members\u2019 meet and greet kick-off on Friday, July 25 at the Hampton Inn on Secor Road, the club members and guests from around the nation reflected on the importance of honoring this legacy through community action. Their service is to provide a visible symbol of commitment to honoring the Buffalo Soldiers, while local initiatives aimed to translate history into positive impacts today.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexandria Leatherberry The Truth Reporter Members of the Toledo Buffalo Soldier Motorcycle Club gathered over the weekend to celebrate the occasion marked on July 28 in Ohio as Buffalo Soldiers Day. In 2022, Gov. Mike DeWine established Ohio as the first, and still the only, state in the nation to officially recognize the legacy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,250,17],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[304,23],"class_list":["post-16780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover_story","category-local-news","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16780"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16785,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16780\/revisions\/16785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16780"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=16780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}