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Black soldiers wrongly executed for 1917 riot get new headstones
Military Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoVeterans Affairs officials on Thursday dedicated 17 new gravestones at Fort Sam Houston National...
Soldier from Corpus Christi who died during World War II will get full military burial
Corpus Christi Caller-Times via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA soldier from Corpus Christi who died in 1945 during combat against German forces during World War...
'Of solemnity': Mims couple guides mule-drawn caisson at Cape Canaveral National Cemetery
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHoofs clip-clopping along the asphalt, the black mule-drawn caisson rolled slowly down a gentle...
Army clears convictions of Black soldiers charged in 1917 riot
Army Times via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMore than a century ago, 13 Black soldiers stood at the gallows near Fort Sam Houston, Texas,...
Buffalo Soldiers Receive New VA Headstones Following Army Decision to Overturn Convictions
Military.com via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMore than 100 years after they were convicted of mutiny and murder and hanged for the 1917 Houston...
Texas' Fort Hood renamed Fort Cavazos
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFort Hood Army base in Texas has officially been renamed in honor of the Army's first Hispanic four-star general. The base's name was changed to Fort...
Dozens of Black soldiers were sentenced to life or hanged after the 1917 ‘Houston Riot.’ The Army...
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe Houston melee was a violent brawl that saw Black soldiers march into the city after receiving...
Black soldiers executed after 1917 Houston riot honored with new headstones
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIn dedicating new headstones for 17 Black World War I soldiers executed after Houston riots in 1917,...
Missing In America Project honors 3 unclaimed Amarillo veterans
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Missing in America Project (MIAP) held a ceremony Wednesday at the Texas Panhandle War Memorial...
'One of those good-hearted souls': Lebanon pilot honored 51 years after death in Vietnam
Lebanon Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs heavy rains soaked the grounds of Holy Cross Cemetery, Lebanon residents visited a hometown...