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Houston County, Texas, about 100 miles north of the city of Houston, was named for him.; Huntsville, Texas, is the home of the Sam Houston Memorial Museum; A Tribute to Courage (a 67 ft (20 m) statue); Sam Houston State University; and Houston's gravesite, including a monument by Pompeo Coppini unveiled in 1911.
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.
A Tribute to Courage monument is a statue of Sam Houston located in Huntsville, Texas (where Sam Houston lived and died), which is 65 miles north of the city of Houston (named in his honor). Sam Houston is one of the founding fathers of Texas. He led the army of Texas during their War for Independence from Mexico in 1836, including the victory ...
Pages in category "Burials at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery" The following 106 pages are in this category, out of 106 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Sam Houston Memorial Museum in Huntsville, Texas; Sam Houston Historic Schoolhouse in Maryville, Tennessee; Documentary film Sam Houston: American Statesman, Soldier, and Pioneer. Archived March 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine 2009, The Sam Houston Project. Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture entry
Margaret Lea Houston (April 11, 1819 – December 3, 1867) was First Lady of the Republic of Texas during her husband Sam Houston's second term as President of the Republic of Texas. They met following the first of his two non-consecutive terms as the Republic's president, and married when he was a representative in the Congress of the Republic ...
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]
Fort Sam Houston commanding officers who lived at Pershing House 1881 through 1973 [11] Residency Name Rank Image Birth–Death Burial site Notes Refs 1881–1883 Christopher C. Augur: BG (1821–1898) ANC Veteran of the American Civil War.