|
SWABS
PICTURE GALLERY:
Mountain View Black Officers Club
1942
92nd Infantry Division |
 |
93rd Infantry Division |
Famous Entertainers and Celebrities
at Mountain View Black Officers Club
1942-1944
 |
Clockwise from Upper Left:
Dinah Shore, Joe Louis,
Count Basie, Lena Horne,
Duke Ellington
Click for Larger Views |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
Memorandum of Agreement
April 16, 2004
| After several
years of hard work by members of SWABS to save the Historic Mountain
View Colored/Black Officers Club (building 66050) from demolition, an
agreement was reached between SWABS and Fort Huachuca to spare the
building on 16 April,2004. Once the building is restored, it will
become an Historical Research Center on Black Men and Women in
Military History. Those participating in the signing of this
historic document are Colonel Lawrence J. Portouw, Garrison
Commander, Fort Huachuca, Tom Stoney, Sr. President, SWABS and Harlan
L. Bradford Sr. Renovation Project Chairman. |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Click on the Photos
for Larger Views |
 |
Gala Fundraising Dinner
October 22, 2004
| As part of the
effort to raise the funds required to restore Building 66050, the
Southwest Association of Buffalo Soldiers hosted a fundraising dinner
on October 22, 2004. The keynote speaker was R. Michael McCraw,
board member of the San Diego Foundation. The guest speaker was
Maggie Morehouse, PhD, Professor of History at the University of
South Carolina-Aiken and author of "Fighting in a Jim Crow Army".
Thanks to the generosity of the silent auction sponsors and hard work
by all the board and committee members, the event raised over $30,000
toward the renovation project. Photos below are from the Gala
Fundraising event. |
Building Cleanup
November-December, 2004
| In late 2004, volunteers from SWABs and 2-84th
MI and B & C Company, 305th MI Battalion pitched in to remove several
years worth of debris and litter from Bldg 66050, the historic
Mountain View Black Officers Club. The Association is grateful for
the assistance and the following before and after photos can attest
to the effort put forth during this project. |
For Modern Day Views of Bldg 66050
Mountain View Black Officers Club
Click here
|
