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Description: The Cincinnati Reds claim the title of "America's Oldest Baseball Team" and their Mr. Red mascot has been a part of the Cincinnati franchise for 60 years. The origins of Mr. Red are rooted in the anti-Communist "Red Scare" of the early 1950s. In April 1953 the team announced that they would henceforth be known as the Cincinnati Redlegs. One newspaper account stated that while the team didn't cite a specific reason for the name change, "there's been some freestyle guessing that the political meaning of the word 'reds' might have something to do with it."
Description: The 92nd Infantry Division, nicknamed the "Buffalo Soldiers," was an all-Black combat unit that fought in both World War I and World War II. In World War II, it was the only African American infantry division to see combat in Europe, serving in the Italian Campaign. The "Buffalo Soldiers" were African American regiments formed in the U.S. Army after the Civil War, initially tasked with serving on the Western frontier. They earned their name from Native American tribes who compared their fighting fierceness and dark, curly hair to that of a buffalo.
