A Farm Boy’s Memory of the Cavalry

John McCormally

Content

A Farm Boy’s Memory of the Cavalry

Author

John McCormally

Abstract

“They’re ghost riders now, those Fort Riley Cavalrymen.“ So wrote John McCormally in the Salina Journal, reprinted in the Daily Union Centennial Edition, June 24, 1953.

Keywords:

cavalry, memory, story, army, Ft. Riley, military, troops, soldiers, farm boy, farmer, US Cavalry, Custer, Comanche, Little Big Horn, history, tradition, honor, cowboy, saddles, description, peacetime, war, golden years

How to Cite:

McCormally, J. (2013) “A Farm Boy’s Memory of the Cavalry”, Symphony in the Flint Hills. 1(2013).