| 7 months old |
| 11 years old |
| 14 years old |
| Baseball Player for East St. Louis Colts |
| Basketball player for Lovejoy
Wildcats |
| Handsome Soldier In The United States Army |
| Robert Smoots, Tee Trice, Gene
Clark, Bud ? In Prime Time |
| Robert with fellow soldiers in Italy |
| In Huachuca Open Air Theater
watching Louis Armstrong and Orchestra |
| Robert Smoots with chauffeur in
Pisa, Italy October 27, 1945 |
Mr. Robert Smoots is a descendant of one of our Founding Families; Miller Carper. The Carpers may
have been among the eleven families who fled the slave state of Missouri with Priscilla Baltimore in 1829
to establish Freedom Village.
Mr. Robert served with distinction in the United States Army having received ten medals of honor during
his thirty seven year career. He was a member of the 92nd Infantry during World War I thus placing him in
the canals of history as a Buffalo Soldier. Captain Paul J. Matthews inducted Mr. Smoots into the Buffalo
Soldiers National Museum on July 1, 2008. Mr. Smoots donated several artifacts to the museum. One
being an Iron Cross which is the only one of it's kind in the museum's collection. Captain Matthews
dispatched an authentic "Buffalo Soldiers Jacket to Mr. Smoots which he recieved at a banquet honoring
him.
Mr. Smoots was the Grand Marshall in Brooklyn's Home Coming Parade July 4, 2008. Mayor Nathaniel
O'Bannon III bestowed Mr. Smoots with the honor of "Most Prominent Living Legend" and named a street
bearing his name in the Village of Brooklyn, Illinois.
Please follow the link below to view an interview of Buffalo Soldier Robert Smoots.
| Robert with friend in Livorno,
Italy October 27, 1945 |
| Robert Smoots carrying the
guard banner in Columbus Day Parade. Leading " K" company. Temp is 105 degreed |
| Italy in 1945 |
| Buffalo Soldier Robert
Smoots 5/12/1922 - 7/7/2009 |
