23 February 2009

Culture Spot: The Buffalo Soldiers (Video)

African-American soldiers have fought in American wars since colonial days. 180,000 Black soldiers served in the Civil War. The Buffalo Soldiers of the late 1800s took their name from the Native Americans..


Buffalo Soldiers
envoyé par josephboen

to abolish

 

abolir

to be up to a challenge

 

pouvoir relever un défi / le challenge

curly

 

frisé

to remind

 

rappeler

tenacity

 

la détermination, la ténacité

cornered

 

piégé

to affix

 

attacher

a will

 

une volonté, une détermination

a chief warrant officer

 

un adjudant-chef

to devote oneself to

 

se consacrer à

through

 

à travers, par

to contend with

 

affronter

purpose

 

le but

to disdain

 

mépriser, dédaigner

a lesser rank

 

un rang de moindre importance

pride

 

une fierté

to swell up

 

enfler

to prove

 

démontrer, prouver

worth

 

la valeur

Learn more about Buffalo Soldiers at BuffaloSoldiers.com

General George Armstrong Custer

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