Mark Matthews, the oldest surviving Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army, died on September 6, 2005 age of 111. While working at a racetrack in Kentucky, he met several Buffalo Soldiers, and when...
Oldest Buffalo Soldier Mark Matthews Dies
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“Fais do-do” — the name for a Cajun and Creole dance party — comes from the French for “go to sleep,” what parents told the children while the grown-ups danced.
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