Monument

Bill to establish Buffalo Soldiers monument on Arizona Capitol grounds clears house

Rep. Walter Blackman, R-Apache Junction, speaking on the House floor on Feb. 17.

Arizona State Legislature

Deputy Cmdr. Michelle London-Marable, left, and Cmdr. Fred Marable, right, of the Arizona Centennial Legacy Buffalo Soldiers of the Arizona Territory appeared before the state House Government Committee on Jan. 12 to support the placement of a monument of Buffalo Soldiers in Wesley Bolin Plaza.

Arizona State Legislature

Another attempt to install a monument honoring Arizona’s Buffalo Soldiers at Wesley Bolin Plaza has cleared the house and is on its way to the Senate.

House Bill 2062, the Buffalo Soldiers Arizona Territory Monument, was passed by the house on Feb. 17 on a vote of 57-0-3. It has been assigned to the Senate’s government and rules committees.

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