A century later, 17 wrongly executed Black soldiers are honored at gravesites dailypress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailypress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
VA dedicates new headstones to honor Black soldiers executed after miscarriage of justice tpr.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tpr.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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.
More than 100 years after they were convicted of mutiny and murder and hanged for the 1917 Houston Riot, 17 Black soldiers have finally received military burial honors along with new headstone.
New headstones for 17 Black soldiers sentenced to death more than a century ago were unveiled Thursday at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio after the Army deemed their trials unfair and granted each an honorable discharge.