Buffalo Soldier

African American regiments of the US Army created 1866, the first black regulars in peacetime
Organization field_army Q1002108
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Buffalo Soldier

Summary

Buffalo Soldier is a field army[1]. It ranks in the top 0.71% of field_army entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (798 views/month, #1 of 140).[2]

Key Facts

  • Buffalo Soldier is in the country of United States[3].
  • Buffalo Soldier's instance of is recorded as field army[4].
  • plains bison is named after Buffalo Soldier[5].
  • Buffalo Soldier's part of is recorded as Houston riot of 1917[6].
  • Buffalo Soldier's Commons category is recorded as Buffalo soldiers[7].
  • +1866-09-21T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Buffalo Soldier[8].
  • Buffalo Soldier's participated in conflict is recorded as American Indian Wars[9].
  • Buffalo Soldier's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01s4h5[10].
  • Buffalo Soldier's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Buffalo Soldiers[11].
  • Buffalo Soldier's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/buffalo-soldiers[12].
  • Buffalo Soldier's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[13].
  • Buffalo Soldier's Handbook of Texas ID is recorded as qlb01[14].
  • Buffalo Soldier's BlackPast.org ID is recorded as aaw/vignette_aahw/buffalo-soldiers[15].
  • Buffalo Soldier's BlackPast.org ID is recorded as african-american-history/myth-buffalo-soldiers[16].
  • Buffalo Soldier's Kansapedia ID is recorded as 11997[17].
  • Buffalo Soldier's The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture ID is recorded as BU005[18].

Body

Founding

+1866-09-21T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Buffalo Soldier[8].

Identity

Buffalo Soldier's part of is recorded as Houston riot of 1917[6].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Buffalo Soldier include Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument[19], a National Park System unit[20], in United States[21], founded in 2013[22].

Why It Matters

Buffalo Soldier ranks in the top 0.71% of field_army entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (798 views/month, #1 of 140).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for it include Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument[19], a National Park System unit[20], in United States[21], founded in 2013[22].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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