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Memorial Day 2021 in the Big Bend
Honoring those who served
From Crawfordville to Tallahassee, those that fought and sacrificed were honored on this Memorial Day in the best way possible.
and last updated 2021-05-31 18:20:57-04
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â From Crawfordville to Tallahassee, those that fought and sacrificed were honored on this Memorial Day in the best ways possible.
At the courthouse, Wakulla County remembered their veterans by praying, laying a wreath in remembrance, and saying some of the names of local soldiers that made the ultimate sacrifice.
At Greenwood Cemetery in Tallahassee, city commissioners and state representatives were guided by the Buffalo Soldiers Club on saluting African-American men and women who served in the military. By placing flags on their graves, U.S. Representative Al Lawson (D-Fla.) wanted to recognize a cemetery that was once forgotten.
In Texas, a giant Buffalo Soldier in clay is readied for West Point. Sculptor Eddie Dixon has created a towering Black horseman for the U.S. Military Academy.
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In his studio in Lubbock, Texas., Eddie Dixon demonstrates how he adds details to the eyes of a sculpture. He designed a Buffalo Soldier for the U.S. Military Academy. (Brad Tollefson/For The Washington Post)
LUBBOCK, Texas Late into the night, in his studio on Avenue X, surrounded by props and tools and diagrams of the human form, sculptor Eddie Dixon worked on the Buffalo Soldier’s face.
It was the hardest part of the equestrian statue he was making for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The only pictures he had of the late Sgt. Sanders H. Matthews Sr. were photos of him as an elderly man, or with a smile.