Blackhorse Women's News

1st Qtr, 2024 News
by Sheryl Myers, Women's Group
 

Dear Ladies and Supporters of the Blackhorse Women's Group,

HAPPY NEW YEAR as we greet you from snowy Colorado !! Your Women's Group is just in the beginning stages of planning for the 2024 Reunion in Omaha, NE !!  So be sure to look for more details in follow-up Thunder Run articles. We also post updates within our group on our webpage “Blackhorse Women's News”. The link is listed in the index on the first page of the 11thcavnam.com website.

The purpose of the Blackhorse Women's Group is to support the wives and families of our 11th ACVVC Troopers as well as the troopers themselves. To do this we have been supporting the following projects:

Wreaths Across America at Arlington National Cemetery – Every year we donate 21 Wreaths to honor the 21 KIA Blackhorse Troopers buried at Arlington.

Prayer Shawls Project
- When we are notified of the passing of one of our troopers, or a spouse, we send “a shawl of comfort “ to a family member. Cherry Platt and her volunteers hand make these beautiful shawls. Please contact Cherry if you would like to help her.

Sarah's Angels
– When the Blackhorse Women's Group is notified of the passing of one of our ladies, her name is entered into our Sarah's Angels Remembrance Book. Chaplain refers to this book when he mentions her name at the Reunion Memorial Service, and her Trooper is sent a copy of her page.

Remembering our KIA
- Our goal is to Honor each of our 730 KIA Blackhorse Troopers by placing a Memorial at their gravesite. We are hoping Troopers and families alike will help us with this project. If you would like to join us in this endeavor please let us know and we can send you the cemetery listing for your state. Or we can help you find it on the website. Our Blackhorse Women's News page, on the website, shows a listing labeled “Blackhorse Women's Remembering 11th ACR KIA's Scrapbook.” The Memorials that have been placed so far are pictured alphabetically on these pages. We still need your help to reach our goal.

Fundraising
- At each reunion the Blackhorse Women's Group has a Fundraising Table where we traditionally sell our beautiful “site specific” lanyards for attaching our ID. The proceeds from our sales are donated to the 11th ACVVC Scholarship Fund.

Volunteering
- Thank You to those Ladies and Troopers who volunteer at each reunion for the Blackhorse Women Group. Maybe you helped at the fundraising table; or bought a lanyard or donated instead. Or maybe you attended our Women's meeting planned just for you. Maybe you were a guest speaker, or singer, or a Board Member greeting guests at the door. Maybe you knitted or crocheted a beautiful shawl. Thank You, we can't do this without you !

Sadly, I must share of the loss of two of our Blackhorse Ladies:
Doris J Waugh - Trooper: Rufus A Waugh, I Troop 3/11, 7/1968 – 7/1969
Janice Louise Trosper - Trooper: Eddie Trosper, L Troop 3/11, 1/1969- 1/1970

We will surely miss these ladies, as will their families. We will enter their names in our Sarah's Angels

Remembrance Book and they will be honored also at the Memorial Service in Omaha.

We will chat again in the Spring !!
Sheryl Myers, Blackhorse Women's Group
sheryl.e.myers@gmail.com