It's the third-oldest African-American cemetery in Houston, according to the state's historical association. People were buried in the cemetery between about 1890 and 1966. It was very active ...

The National Cemetery System was established during the Civil War due to the overwhelming number of deaths which led to haphazard records and burials. The first American National Cemetery was ...

The changes impact Houston National Cemetery in the northern part of the city, a 419 acre site where more than 109,000 veterans have been buried since it was established in 1965.