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 Wall Of Honor - Sterling White Cemetery, Highlands, TX Posted by:  jhuoni
N 29° 51.333 W 095° 03.653
15R E 300924 N 3304562
Located in the Sterling White Cemetery, formerly White Cemetery, on Crosby-Lynchburg Road between the towns of Highlands and Crosby.
Waymark Code: WMYQQ5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/12/2018
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A Texas Historical Marker at the original entrance to this cemetery tells the history of White Cemetery:
Reuben White (1795-1848),one of Stephen F. Austin's original "Old 300" colonists, acquired a Mexican Land Grant here in 1824. White was part of a large extended family which settled this area, later known as White Settlement. Although White's is the earliest recorded burial here, older grave sites are believed to exist. Formally set aside as the White Family Cemetery in 1850, this eventually became a community graveyard. Interred here are many area pioneers and their descendants, and veterans of conflicts from the Texas Revolution to the Vietnam War. (1994)
Type of Memorial: Non-Specific Memorial
In Honor Of: In Honor and Memory of Those Who Served the United States of America in Times of War and Peace
Marker Text:
Sterling White Cemetery
Highlands, TX
Wall Of Honor
In Honor and Memory of Those Who Served the
United States of America in Times of War and Peace
Who Put it Here?: Sterling White Cemetery
Description of Memorial:
A grey granite monolith is brilliantly laser engraved with multiple military scenes. Helicopters, jet aircraft, tanks, an aircraft carrier and another seagoing vessel. In the center is a serviceman in full gear, taking a knee. The entire ensemble of images are on a backdrop of an American Flag. The emblems of the branches of the military flank this image.
Nine flagpoles are featured here: The American and Texas Flags, Service Flags of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Merchant Marines, and the National League of Families POW/MIA flag.
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Not listed
Date of dedication: Not listed
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