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 ...

San Antonio – More than 40,000 new burial and cremated spaces will soon be available to extend the life of Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery for decades to come. Jerry Lefler, the cemetery’s ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio has been named among the top 10 most-visited burial sites in the U.S. on Memorial Day. Ahead of Memorial Day, Choice Mutual, a life insurance ...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — 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 ...