Dedicated to the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps
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The story of the 25th Infantry Bicycle
Corps is a quintessential American story. It
seems there is something or another which
resonates with every person who hears
about the soldiers and their trips. It all ties
together so many interests--and, therein
perhaps, lies a clue as to why so many find
it compelling--it can be enjoyed from so
many different angles. It's about bicycles,
road trips, black history and the West.
There is the military, the rugged, beautiful
and wide open landscapes of the West and
late-1800's America on the verge of a
mechanized society. It is full of paradoxes
and incongruities such as a young, white,
southern graduate fresh out of West Point,
leading veteran black men. Soldiers riding
bicycles, not horses?! It is also about
struggle and hope; dignity and possibility;
trudging on and reaching for more.
