Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery

09/16/2026

As a continuation of the National Day of Service, we had a visit from Saluting Branches today. This is an organization that assembles professional arborists and equipment providers and they perform a day of service at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery and at National Cemeteries across the nation. A HUGE thank you to arborists and equipment donors from the City of San Antonio, San Antonio Parks & Recreation, Bartlett Tree Experts, Burkett Arbor Care, Davey Tree, Knotty By Nature, Lone Star Community Solutions, Strata Landscape, and Vermeer Texas-Louisiana. We are blessed by you and appreciate your time, effort, and the donation of your professional services. Thank you!!.

09/12/2026

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery was honored to welcome Carry the Load and around 100 volunteers who dedicated their day to the beautification of the cemetery and honoring the sacrifice of those who gave their lives 25 years ago on 9/11. They blew out leaves from the Columbarium, pressure washed headstones, sprayed headstones with Weather Zyme (a non-toxic enzyme that breaks down build up on stone), rehabilitated tree rings, and picked up debris and old floral arrangements. We are so grateful for their assistance! Thank you Carry The Load and thank you Military City USA!

09/09/2026

We are only a few days away from our National Day of Service commemorating those who gave their lives 25 years ago on 9/11. Volunteers will be meeting and registering at the Assembly Area on the East side of the Cemetery (see map for entrances and directions) from 9:30am. We will have a quick opening ceremony at 10:00am and then begin the work! Thank you to all who have volunteered.

Fort Sam Houston is closed for additional volunteers and we apologize to all of you who wanted to volunteer but could not. We have expanded our participation 4X from last year and hope to expand again next year.

We also thank the Northeast San Antonio Vet Center who will be onsite providing information and services via their Mobile Vet Center.

For all visitors, please take note of the Veteran's Legacy Memorial poster and the QR code. That will allow you to upload photos and memories for veterans that you visit. Help us fulfill our vision that "No Veteran Ever Dies!"

08/24/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxIhlPIdUoU

Twenty-five years ago, the September 11th attacks shocked our count...

08/10/2026

It was a beautiful, Texas morning today with the morning sun on the headstones. We even received a visit from one of our favorite residents. A great start to the week!

07/31/2026

Thank you for your outstanding support, Wednesday Squad, Memorial Services Detachment and Bexar County Department of Military and Veterans Services

07/27/2026

We regret that we failed to post this picture and highlight the visit of this leader last week. We were privileged to have Ms. Laura Koerner, Chairwoman of the Texas Veterans Commission, stop by and say hello to us at our booth at the Women Veterans Summit last Friday. She was also a keynote speaker during the event. We want to thank her for her support, her dedication to veterans, and her leadership in veterans affairs throughout the State.

07/24/2026

Undersecretary for Memorial Affairs Sam Brown spoke this morning at the Women Veterans Summit. He stopped by our information booth where he presented a coin to Program Support Assistant Roneece Coleman for her outstanding outreach and customer service. We got busy while he was there and Mr. Brown provided expert burial benefit information to a few of our women veteran customers! Thank you for the assist, sir.

07/24/2026

Great job by the Memorial Services Detachment in providing the Color Guard for the opening of the Southwest Region Women Veterans Summit.