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Fort Sam Houston s famed Quadrangle peacocks a tradition still strutting after 120 years at the San Antonio Army post
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A peacock stands among ducks and other peafowl in the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle.Lisa Krantz /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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A photo marked 1947 of peafowl at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle.Fort Sam Houston MuseumShow MoreShow Less
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A photo circa 1920 of a peafowl at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle.Fort Sam Houston MuseumShow MoreShow Less
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A photo circa 1967 of woman near a peacock at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle.Fort Sam Houston MuseumShow MoreShow Less
Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote,
“Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.”
Back in 2010 I had a creditable and very specific death threat from a Neo-Nazi in East Tennessee. The man had a formidable internet presence, many publications online, including articles on how best to assassinate people. So I did my research, figured out who he was and reported him to the FBI. A week later his internet presence disappeared. I don’t know what happened to him, but I watch my back.
Over the past few days I have been helping a Jewish friend who is dealing with many Neo-Nazi threats and harassment for supporting an effort to have headstones replaced at the San Antonio Military Cemetery. The headstones were of German POWs but each had a Swastika and the words “he died for his Fuhrer and Fatherland” on them. The fact is that such words and symbols are not allowed by the German Government on the graves of their WWII soldiers in German