From Jan. 25, 2021, Niagara Frontier Publications.
In honor of Black History Month, Old Fort Niagara will host a special tour at 10:30 am on Saturday, February 6 which will highlight Blacks who served at the post from the 18th through the 20th centuries. The tour will recount the life of Richard Pierpoint, a former slave, who served as a member of Butler's Rangers (a Loyalist military unit) during the American Revolution.
He went on to support the British during the War of 1812.
The tour will also discuss the accomplishments of the 24th Infantry Regiment, which garrisoned Fort Niagara in the summer of 1909. The 24th was a black regiment formed in 1869 as one of the "Buffalo Soldier" regiments raised after the Civil War to fight the Indians on the Great Plains.
Tour size is limited to twenty persons, so hurry up and sign up.
--Brock-Perry
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