My second park of the day was a new park for me--Charles Young Buffalo Soldier NM. This site specifically commemorates the life of Charles Young. The house is the boyhood home of Charles and his family. By the time it reached the hands of the NPS though, it had been used as a college fraternity house. Though open for several years, the house still has a modern feel to it and they were waiting to get some additional funding to restore the original look of the home. In the meantime, there is a short movie on the life of Colonel Young and lots of posters about his struggle. He was the 3rd African American to enter West Point and one of the panels that stood out to me was the magazine front showing his brutal treatment there. Nonetheless, he graduated and served his country well. By the time of his death, he was the highest-ranking African American in the US military.
I created this sketch for National Scrapbook Day (which is the first Saturday of May each year). Creative Memories held a virtual crop and one of the ways to participate was to create the bonus NSD sketches. I chose to use Our Moments paper and embellishments for this layout instead of the NSD papers. I think both would have worked but I had already chosen the papers before I saw the challenge post. Scroll to sketch #3 to see the sketch I chose.
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