Promote Charles Young Petition

Posted August 23, 2009 at by Geneva Brett, VP.

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Downloadable - Petition to Promote Charles Young to Brigadier General

If you’re able to read this you’ve heard of  “being in the right place at the wrong time”.  In some respects that’s true of Charles Denton Young.  He was in the right places; West Point, Wilberforce University, the United States Army…. the timing was both right and wrong…..

Colonel Charles Young

The idea of volunteering in the Army to ”Be All You Can Be” was the reason many Black Americans joined the all black segregated military units established by Congress in 1866 and for decades thereafter.  The Army promised the same thing then as it does now; a dependable wage, food, lodging, clothing, education, adventure, camraderie, the opportunity for advancement based on merit, honor, dignity, and a show of patriotism.

By any standards Charles Young was a remarkable leader of men during both war and peace.  He was all the more remarkable considering the era in which he lived, served and died.  Unfortunately he did not receive the honor, allocades and advancement due him based on merit.

As a person and as a nation we have examined many yesterdays and realized we could have done better.  No matter our motive, no matter our desire; we cannot change yesterday, but we can make history by our actions today.

Together we can ask our Commander In Chief (President Barak Obama) to honor a United States Veteran of Foreign Wars as he should have been during his life.  Charles Denton Young gave his very life in service to America; he deserves to be recognized for his accomplishments.

Please, and thanks, become a part of history and truly make a difference.  Download the Petition (PDF - 140 KB) to President Obama to Promote Charles Young to Brigadier General; get 19 signatures on the sheet,  email,  mail (Los Banos Buffalo Soldiers 1350 E. Pacheco Blvd., Ste. B-169, Los Banos, CA. 93635), or fax (209.827.3555) it back to us.  By giving a few minutes of your time you can help make history, and honor a deserving Veteran.

As was the motto of the 9th Cavalry, which Charles Young led through Los Banos in 1903 on his way to becoming the First Black Superinetendent of a National Park (Sequoia), as well as this grassroots effort to promote him  … We Can, We Will!

And WE wholeheartedly thank you:)