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How the 371st Is Honored in Public

Three kinds of event, kept apart on purpose: what is confirmed, what has only been reported, and what has already happened. Nothing on this page counts down unless an organizer has confirmed it.

Confirmed

Confirmed upcoming events

Nothing confirmed yet.

How an event becomes confirmed

An event is listed here once its organizer, or a primary source, has given the date, the time and the place. Confirmed events get a countdown, a calendar file and directions.

No confirmed upcoming events. An AME Veterans Day event on November 11 is being arranged; details will be listed here once confirmed.

Nothing counts down here until an organizer confirms a date, a time and a place.

Reported, not confirmed

Reported, not yet confirmed

What a newspaper has printed about an event for which no organizer, time, route or registration has been named.

Reported, not confirmed

A Centennial Honor Parade

Reported for February 27, 2027

Columbia, South Carolina

Reported by The Daniel Island News, February 25, 2026.

The Daniel Island News reported, in a February 25, 2026 article by Elizabeth Bush, that a "Centennial Honor Parade" is being planned for February 27, 2027, in Columbia.

Source: The Daniel Island News, "‘These men have a special place in history’", February 25, 2026 (opens in a new tab, leaves the Sergeant Rawhide site)

See what was reported

That is the only source for the date. The article gives no organizer, time, route or registration, and the parade does not appear on the 371st Infantry Regiment WWI Memorial Monument Association’s own site.

This page reports what the newspaper reported. Details are still being confirmed.

This page lists an event as confirmed only when the organizer, or a primary source, has given its date, time and place. A confirmed event gets a countdown, a calendar file and directions.

Until then, nothing here counts down and nothing asks you to save the date. When this one is confirmed, it moves up.

One question

A question: What is 371st Infantry Day?

Reveal the answer

The answer

February 28, recognized once, by the South Carolina Senate.

On February 21, 2023, the Senate adopted Resolution S. 551, sponsored by Sen. John Scott, recognizing February 28, 2023 as "371st Infantry Day" in South Carolina. The resolution names that one date and does not set an annual observance. February 28 is also the day the regiment was demobilized at Camp Jackson in 1919.

Source: South Carolina Senate Resolution S. 551, adopted February 21, 2023 (scstatehouse.gov) (opens in a new tab, leaves the Sergeant Rawhide site)

See it on the record

On the record

Already on the record

Honored in public since the month the regiment came home. Each entry below opens to its full record and source.

100years

from Sgt. Perry Loyd's wound in France to his Purple Heart

Source: U.S. Army (army.mil) and Military.com

  1. 1919 · The Regiment’s Colors Decorated at Brest

    January 27, 1919

    The Regiment’s Colors Decorated at Brest

    The entire regiment received the French Croix de Guerre with Palm, per the 371st Infantry Regiment WWI Memorial Monument Association. Scott's own 1919 history records that the regiment "was awarded the Army citation," the French Army-level citation that carries the Croix de Guerre with Palm device, and that French Vice-Admiral Moreau decorated its colors at Brest on January 27, 1919, along with 146 individual citations. Scott's own text does not use the phrase "Croix de Guerre with Palm."

    Brest, France

    Source: 371st Infantry Regiment WWI Memorial Monument Association (371stmonument.org) (opens in a new tab, leaves the Sergeant Rawhide site)

  2. 1919 · Home, and a Reception at Allen University

    February 28, 1919

    Home, and a Reception at Allen University

    The regiment was demobilized on February 28, 1919, at Camp Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina, having returned to the United States aboard USS Leviathan. A community reception was held in the regiment's honor at Allen University in Columbia in late February 1919.

    Camp Jackson and Allen University, Columbia, South Carolina

    Source: 371st Infantry Regiment WWI Memorial Monument Association (371stmonument.org) (opens in a new tab, leaves the Sergeant Rawhide site)

  3. 1919 · A Parade for the Regiment’s Return

    1919

    A Parade for the Regiment’s Return

    The regiment’s surviving soldiers were celebrated with a parade in Columbia after returning from France, per the 371st Infantry Regiment WWI Memorial Monument Association. No source on this site gives the day.

    Columbia, South Carolina

    Source: 371st Infantry Regiment WWI Memorial Monument Association (371stmonument.org) (opens in a new tab, leaves the Sergeant Rawhide site)

  4. 1991 · Cpl. Freddie Stowers Receives the Medal of Honor, 73 Years On

    April 24, 1991

    Cpl. Freddie Stowers Receives the Medal of Honor, 73 Years On

    Cpl. Stowers was posthumously presented the Medal of Honor on April 24, 1991, by President George H. W. Bush at the White House. His sisters, Georgiana Palmer and Mary Bowens, accepted it on his behalf. He was the first African American awarded the Medal of Honor for World War I service, 73 years after his death.

    The White House, Washington, D.C.

    Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush, 1991, Book I (govinfo.gov), "Remarks at a Ceremony for the Posthumous Presentation of the Medal of Honor to Corporal Freddie Stowers" (opens in a new tab, leaves the Sergeant Rawhide site)

  5. A Historic Marker at Childs Cemetery

    A Historic Marker at Childs Cemetery

    South Carolina Public Radio reported on December 18, 2017 that "an historic marker honoring the 371st Infantry now stands at Childs Cemetery in Columbia," and that September 28, the day Cpl. Freddie Stowers was killed, "now also represents the placing of the first historic marker in the country to honor and recognize this unit." The article does not print the year of the placing, and the Historical Marker Database entry for the same marker, submitted on September 30, 2017, lists it as dedicated August 21, 2010. The records disagree on the year, so this page gives the day and the place and leaves the year open.

    Childs Cemetery, Columbia, South Carolina

    Source: South Carolina Public Radio (Thelisha Eaddy, December 18, 2017), "Historic Marker Helps Uncover Military History Buried at Columbia Cemetery" (opens in a new tab, leaves the Sergeant Rawhide site)

  6. 2018 · Sgt. Perry Loyd’s Purple Heart, Presented 100 Years On

    October 13, 2018

    Sgt. Perry Loyd’s Purple Heart, Presented 100 Years On

    On October 13, 2018, Sgt. Loyd was posthumously presented the Purple Heart at the Noncommissioned Officers Club at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, by Brig. Gen. Milford H. Beagle Jr., then the commander of Fort Jackson. His grandson and namesake, Perry W. James IV, accepted the medal on the family's behalf.

    Fort Jackson, South Carolina

    Source: U.S. Army (army.mil), "100 Years Later, WWI Soldier Awarded Purple Heart," article 212701 (opens in a new tab, leaves the Sergeant Rawhide site)

  7. 2023 · 371st Infantry Day: February 28, Recognized by the South Carolina Senate

    February 21, 2023

    371st Infantry Day: February 28, Recognized by the South Carolina Senate

    On February 21, 2023, the South Carolina Senate adopted Resolution S. 551, sponsored by Sen. John Scott, recognizing February 28, 2023 as "371st Infantry Day" in South Carolina. The resolution recognizes that one date; its text does not establish an annual observance, so this page lists it as a recognition already on the record, not as an upcoming event. The regiment had been demobilized at Camp Jackson on February 28, 1919.

    South Carolina Senate, Columbia

    Source: South Carolina Senate Resolution S. 551, adopted February 21, 2023 (scstatehouse.gov) (opens in a new tab, leaves the Sergeant Rawhide site)

  8. 2025 · "The Forgotten Soldier: the Story of the 371st Infantry Regiment"

    May 31, 2025

    "The Forgotten Soldier: the Story of the 371st Infantry Regiment"

    A program hosted by the South Carolina Department of Veterans’ Affairs.

    Orangeburg, South Carolina

    Source: South Carolina Department of Veterans’ Affairs, "The Forgotten Soldier: the Story of the 371st Infantry Regiment" (opens in a new tab, leaves the Sergeant Rawhide site)

  9. The Purple Heart Presented at Sgt. Loyd’s Grave

    The Purple Heart Presented at Sgt. Loyd’s Grave

    The Military Order of the Purple Heart presented Sgt. Loyd's Purple Heart to his surviving family at his grave in Dalzell, South Carolina, WIS-TV reported on November 11, 2025. He is one of 65 Black soldiers buried at High Hills AME Church Cemetery.

    High Hills AME Church Cemetery, Dalzell, South Carolina

    Source: WIS-TV (2025) (opens in a new tab, leaves the Sergeant Rawhide site)

  10. 2026 · Black History Month Weekend Speaker Series

    February 14, 2026

    Black History Month Weekend Speaker Series

    Perry W. James IV spoke in the Boone Hall Plantation Black History Month speaker series.

    Boone Hall Plantation

    Source: Boone Hall Plantation, "Black History Month" Weekend Speaker Series, 2026 (opens in a new tab, leaves the Sergeant Rawhide site)

  11. 2026 · "The Men of the 371st"

    February 17, 2026

    "The Men of the 371st"

    A talk by Perry W. James IV, hosted by the Daniel Island Historical Society.

    Church of the Holy Spirit Parish Hall, Daniel Island, South Carolina

    Source: Daniel Island Historical Society, "The Men of the 371st" (opens in a new tab, leaves the Sergeant Rawhide site)

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  • Every date, number, and name here is tied to a cited source, listed on the page that states it.
  • What the family remembers is marked as the family’s. Where records disagree, we say so and name both.
  • When stronger evidence appears, the page is corrected. Nothing is invented to fill a gap.

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