The Blackhorse Association announces the Border Legion 2009 Reunion in Fulda, Bad Hersfeld, and Bad Kissingen, Germany. The reunion will center on Fulda, with separate squadron events taking place in Bad Hersfeld, and Bad Kissingen. These reunions will be open to all past and present Troopers who served with the 11th Armored Cavalry and 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment, as well as the Regimental Community and all separate units who supported the Regiments and comprised the Border Legion.
The Border Legion Reunion Planners have noted that:
- There is clearly enough interest in keeping the Border Legion alive and in doing future reunions.
- The 11th and the 14th Cavalry Regiments have had separate activities in the states (and Germany) over the last couple of years, while preparing for another reunion in Fulda/Bad Hersfeld/Bad Kissingen in 2009 (before we all got too old to get there and enjoy it).
- The Blackhorse Association has hosted events in local areas, which built toward the reunion in the Williamsburg area in June of 2007.
- The Blackhorse Border Legion will organize local cells in selected areas of the country where a significant number of alumni troopers live, and where we can identify a volunteer cadre to provide leadership.
The Border Legion served along the inter-German Border for almost a half century, providing a constant presence and display of U. S. and NATO resolve during the Cold War. This reunion is dedicated to honoring the selfless service of the thousands of Troopers who patrolled the frontier of freedom. They stood ready to meet aggression and, by so doing, not only preserved peace but enabled freedom to prevail. These soldiers and their U.S. and NATO comrades helped create the new political landscape of today’s Europe.
This reunion will be the third, following the successful events in 2000 and 2005.
