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Meeting Tonight On Future Of Ohio Monument

The public is getting a chance to share input on the future of the new national monument in Wilberforce honoring the first African-American colonel in the U.S. Army. President Obama designated Colonel Charles Young's home as a national park site earlier this year. The National Park Service says public comments will be accepted at a meeting tonight at Wilberforce University as officials plan how the monument will be managed in future years. Park Service officials expect 125 thousand people a year will visit the Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument. Young served with the all-black 9th and 10th Calvary regiments, often called the Buffalo Soldiers. Native Americans gave that name to black soldiers on the western frontier in the 19th century.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.