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The Texas State Cemetery (TSC) is a cemetery located on about 22 acres (8.9 ha) just east of downtown Austin, the capital of the U.S. state of Texas.Originally the burial place of Edward Burleson, Texas Revolutionary general and vice-president of the Republic of Texas, it was expanded into a Confederate cemetery during the Civil War.
National Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee Creation of national cemeteries. The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 military cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War, in an act passed by the U.S. Congress on July 17, 1862. [1]
Johnston's tomb, with Ney's statue and iron enclosure in the Texas State Cemetery. The statue depicts Johnston lying on a stretcher at the time of his death during the Battle of Shiloh. [5]: 119–120 The figure is recumbent, dressed in the formal military uniform of a Confederate General. [1]
Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene — Ceremony begins: 11 a.m. — Wreath laying to follow ceremony — Cemetery location: 7457 W. Lake Road, Abilene. Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery
The facility, located at 4614 E. 50th St., will be the fifth Texas state veterans cemetery built and run by the Texas Veterans Land Board — the first in more than a decade. Currently, the ...
Feb. 2—KILLEEN — On Thursday, Feb. 8, at 11:00 a.m. sharp, the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery will conduct an Unaccompanied Veteran Burial for U.S. Army Veteran Specialist 4 (SP4 ...
Founders Memorial Cemetery, Houston – oldest cemetery in Houston; Jackson Ranch Church Cemetery and Eli Jackson Cemetery, Hidalgo County, Texas [7] Olivewood Cemetery, Houston – the city's earliest African-American cemetery, founded around 1870; Texas State Cemetery, Austin; Whittaker Memorial Cemetery, Kildare, Texas
May 16—KILLEEN — On Wednesday, May 22, at 11 a.m. sharp, the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery will conduct an Unaccompanied Veteran Burial for U.S. Air Force Veteran Sergeant (Sgt.) Paul ...