Read full article: Ceremony at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery dedicates new headstones for 17 Black World War I soldiers The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Thursday held a memorial ...

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- The gray ... of others in the expansive and historic cemetery. And there was one group for which Veterans Day marked a new chapter in their lives, as they were ...

SAN ANTONIO – Officials at Fort Sam Houston National ... to the cemetery grounds. No description found Cemetery director Frieda Robinson said contractors installed a new irrigation system ...

Since 2023, headstones at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery have been inscribed on the sprawling, landscaped burial ...

New headstones show each soldier’s rank, unit and home state — a simple honor accorded to every other veteran buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. “Can you balance the scales by ...

Two German WWII graves bearing Nazi swastikas have been removed from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery and replaced with new headstones. The pair of headstones had become a long controversy over ...

A worker at Fort Sam Houston Cemetery in Texas prepares new headstones for the graves of Black service members executed following the 1917 Houston racial riots. (Defense Department) Veterans ...