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This Fort Riley Friday we check out another of the many monuments located around Cavalry Parade Field. Just to the right of "Old Bill" (as viewed from Sheridan Ave.) is a large rock which has a plaque attached commemorating the centennial of the 2nd US Cavalry Regiment (1936).
The precursor organization was originally established by President Andrew Jackson in May 1836, as the Second Regiment of Dragoons of the US Army. That year the 2nd Dragoons saw their first combat during the Second Seminole War.
In the years prior to American entry into World War II, the 2nd
Cavalry was garrisoned at Fort Riley (1919-1939). They performed their
peacetime duties as a school training regiment for the Cavalry School. Here
at Fort Riley, the regiment was equipped with its first armored cars in 1936.
Today the 2nd Cavalry Regiment is organized as a Stryker brigade combat
team, a unit of the United States Army Europe, with its garrison at the Rose
Barracks in Vilseck, Germany.
| Date Taken: | 09.15.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 02.13.2023 10:28 |
| Photo ID: | 7631145 |
| VIRIN: | 170915-A-YH536-001 |
| Resolution: | 1080x1080 |
| Size: | 144.79 KB |
| Location: | FORT RILEY, KANSAS, US |
| Web Views: | 30 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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