KVEO Brownsville on MSN6d
San Benito unveils monument to honor Black families
In honor of Black History Month, a memorial was unveiled Saturday morning commemorating the Valley’s first Black community.
The Associated Press on MSN13d
1,772 Black servicemen who died in WWI were ignored in South Africa. At last they are being honored
The names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set upright as if reaching for the sun. No one knows where the men ...
Monument honors about 450 Black people buried in unmarked graves in Taylor City Cemetery
A monument has been erected to honor about 450 Black people buried in unmarked graves at the Taylor City Cemetery.
Military Times17d
After 106 years, Black South African WWI troops honored with memorial
An inscription on a granite block at the memorial in Cape ... While South Africa has several memorials dedicated to its white soldiers who died in both world wars, Black servicemen’s ...
Taylor Daily Press7d
New monument honors Taylor’s first Black families
The Taylor City Cemetery received its Historical Texas Cemetery designation from the Texas Historical Commission in 2022. The land became the official city gravesite around 1889 when Taylor acquired ...