Tag Archives: whitney
If You Feel the Same Twenty Years Hence: The Legacy of Colonel Charles Young
“They wanted to name a tree for our captain but he refused, saying they could do so if they felt the same way, twenty years hence and they compromised on one for Booker T. Washington.” —Philip Winser Sequoia … Continue reading
Posted in Southern California Mountains
Tagged 9th cavalry, African American, America's Best Idea, black history, buffalo soldier, buffalo soldiers, Charles Young, Colonel Charles Young, Dayton Duncan, General Grant, General Grant National Park, Giant Forest, kaweah, ken burns, Kings Canyon, Kings Canyon National Park, Liberia, mount whitney, Mt. Whitney, national park, national parks, NPS, Pancho Villa, polyglot, redwood, redwoods, Sequoia, sequoia national park, slave, slavery, west point, whitney
Comments Off on If You Feel the Same Twenty Years Hence: The Legacy of Colonel Charles Young