Texas A&M Parsons Mounted Cavalry prepares for Western Heritage Parade and Cattle Drive

SAN ANTONIO – Texas A&M College’s 70-member Parsons Mounted Cavalry saddled up for the Western Heritage Parade and Cattle Drive in downtown San Antonio Saturday.

“That is the troop aspect, and they’re getting their halters and their bridles on. The seniors are placing their sabers on their horses,” senior cavalry scholar Maria Corridor mentioned.

The scholars are a part of the nation’s solely collegiate mounted cavalry unit.

A part of their traditions contains senior college students carrying their earned sabers on their horses.

“All of the seniors, all of them have sabers. So in some unspecified time in the future every time we’re passing… seniors pull their sabers out, they usually’ll salute,” she defined.

Corridor’s accomplice, Sammie Travis, says the onerous work, time, and dedication it takes to be a part of the cavalry are all traits that symbolize management classes.

“You construct bonds, you study horsemanship, and then you definately study management by means of that horsemanship,” Travis mentioned.

Corridor mentioned certainly one of their objectives in the course of the occasion is to remind folks of American historical past.

“We’ve folks come from all walks of life. It’s wonderful to rejoice the tradition inside our unit and to do it on a bigger scale, like on the western heritage parade,” Corridor mentioned.

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