Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery - San Antonio TX
Posted by: Don.Morfe
N 29° 28.584 W 098° 25.974
14R E 554980 N 3260902
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery is located at 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, San Antonio TX 78209. There are 14 Medal of Honor Recipients buried there. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
Waymark Code: WM1AP5R
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/15/2024
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From Wikipedia
"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 on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
HISTORY
Although the Army post in the area was established in 1875, and construction of Fort Sam Houston began the following year, no burials were made in the area that is currently the cemetery until 1926. In 1931 60 acres (24 ha) were added as an addition to San Antonio National Cemetery. In 1937, the addition became a National Cemetery in its own right, renamed Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. In 1947 several other forts in Texas, including Fort McIntosh, were closed and their cemetery interments were transferred to Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery."
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