Bustling with last-minute Valentine’s Day shoppers, the Peterson Base Exchange played host to second-generation Tuskegee Airmen, the local Buffalo Soldiers chapter, and a small group of original Navajo Code Talkers Feb. 14.
Swarms of patrons grinned brightly for photos and stood anxiously in line waiting to meet these American heroes and hear their stories.
Jay Lamb, 20-year Army retiree and secretary of the Colorado Springs Buffalo Soldiers chapter, said his motorcycle club’s mission is to continue to spread the legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers, who earned their name for the fierce nature in which they fought during battle, and the role the soldiers had in building the United States.
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