VA Dedicates New Headstones For Black Soldiers Executed After 1917 Riots
Seventeen black soldiers who the Army recently determined were wrongfully executed for their involvement in the 1917 Houston riots received new headstones at a ceremony Thursday. The Army vacated the court-martial convictions of 110 black soldiers (including 19 who were sentenced to death) on charges related to the 1917 Rebellion, to mark them receiving honorable […]
