February 2024

At our dinner meeting on February 21st, Mr. George Pettigrew gave an outstanding program titled: “From Slave to Soldier” about his great-grandfather Isaac Johnson and the Buffalo Soldiers. 

Mr. Pettigrew told us the story of how his greatgrandfather, Isaac Johnson, went from being enslaved, to being a soldier, to being an Original Buffalo Soldier and what that meant. Mr. Pettigrew also told us how the Buffalo Soldiers came to be and how they got that iconic name. He presented the over 150-year historic tale of an Original Buffalo Soldier, according to oral family history and military records, as told by his great-grandson.

Attendance at the February dinner meeting was 65.