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VA dedicates new headstones to honor Black soldiers executed after miscarriage of justice

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The 3rd Battalion 24th Infantry Regiment was a unit of Buffalo Soldiers, Black enlisted men commanded by white officers. In 1917, they arrived in Houston to guard the construction of a new training base. Under Jim Crow, racial tensions in the city were high. A military court convicted 110 Black soldiers of mutiny, murder and assault.Nineteen of the soldiers were executed at Fort Sam Houston and buried in unmarked graves.

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Headstones corrected to honor Black soldiers executed in 1917

Veterans Affairs granted the wrongfully convicted Buffalo Soldiers a funeral service with full military honors and unveiled new, complete headstones.Cemetery markers at Fort Sam corrected to honor Black soldiers executed in 1917 was first posted on February 23, 2024 at 5:00 am.©2021 "San Antonio Report". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of c…

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VA dedicates new headstones to honor Black soldiers executed after miscarriage of justice

The Department of Veterans Affairs dedicated new headstones Thursday for 17 Black soldiers who were wrongly blamed for a deadly Houston riot. The ceremony took place at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery with some of the soldiers’ descendants in attendance.

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