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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 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 ...
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.
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 ...
A plaque at Chattanooga National Cemetery that explains the history of the National Cemetery System Gettysburg National Cemetery, Pennsylvania Golden Gate National Cemetery, California Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Hawaii Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.
The Sam Houston Memorial Museum located in Walker County's City of Huntsville curates exhibits that highlight the lives of General Sam Houston's enslaved workforce. The grounds of the institution also features some of the land the enslaved persons worked.
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 .
Houston National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in Harris County, Texas, near Houston. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It encompasses 419.2 acres (169.6 ha) only about half of which is developed. The cemetery had more than 111,000 interments as of 2021.