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Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park Creates New Buffalo Soldiers video for Black History Month

February 7, 2024 · Source: National Park Service

Old black and white photo of a rocky rough trail with two people on horseback in the distance — Image supplied by the National Park Service. View the original image and credit

Most visitors to Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park never set foot on Mauna Loa Trail. Even fewer people know the remarkable story of the Black soldiers who in 1915 built a trail between the summit of Kīlauea and the nearly 14,000-foot summit of Mauna Loa volcano.

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