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A crew works to straighten grave stones at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 154.7 acres (62.6 ha), and as of 2014, had over 144,000 interments. The cemetery was listed ...
United States Army North is the senior command and responsible for all Army activities on Fort Sam Houston, but not for the post itself. Commanded by Maj. Gen. Scott M. Sherman, Army North's primary missions are land-based Homeland Defense, Defense Support of Civil Authorities and Theater Security Cooperation with the Bahamas, Canada and Mexico.
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio Old San Antonio City Cemeteries Historic District , San Antonio; NRHP-listed San Antonio National Cemetery , San Antonio; NRHP-listed
Two monuments at Big Bethel Cemetery, within Langley Air Force Base: [23] Big Bethel UDC Monument (1905) [24] UDC Monument (1964), commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Big Bethel [25] Hampton National Cemetery: Two small, granite blocks near the burial location of 272 Confederates are inscribed "To Our Confederate Dead" [26]
Grave marker of William J. Bordelon, Jr. at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. He was originally buried in the Lone Palm Cemetery on Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, [3] then later interred in Honolulu, Hawaii at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. [4] At the request of his brother, Bordelon's body was moved from Hawaii to Texas in 1995. [5]
Researchers excavated five unmarked graves at the cemetery in 1999 in an effort to find Samuel Washington’s resting place. They recovered small bones and teeth from three burials, but DNA ...
A remarkable photograph of an American bald eagle perched atop of a veteran's gravestone went viral on Memorial Day, and reminded the nation the true reason for the national holiday.Sunday evening ...
The house has been referred to by its current name since John J. Pershing served as the base commanding officer in 1917, following his participation in the Pancho Villa Expedition. [12] He was at Fort Sam Houston only two months before being given charge of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe. [13] Pershing held the rank of General of ...