2026 Flags for Fallen Vets at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery

Name: 2026 Flags for Fallen Vets at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
Start: 2026-05-24T09:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-05-24T12:00:00-05:00
Location: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery

Schedule

Sun May 24 2026 at 09:00 am to 12:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery | San Antonio, TX

Bring your friends, family (including kids!) and coworkers out as we join other volunteers in placing a flag at each gravestone on FORT SAM HOUSTON National Cemetery (127,000 flags!).
We will be in section AB/AC/PB/PA, which is to the left of the flagpole as you drive in. If this changes, I will post updates!
If you have not RSVP's on Meetup (members only), please register at: https://flagsforfallenvets.com/registration and put Women Veterans of San Antonio for the Corporate Name, and section AB/AC/PB/PA.
They can always use donations to purchase more flags-they reuse as many as possible! https://shorturl.at/zAzE2
WHAT: 2026 Memorial Day Flag Placement
WHEN: Sunday, May 24, 2026, 9 a.m.
WHERE: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery/section AB/AC/PB/PA
1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, San Antonio, Texas 78209
VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION:
For more information about volunteering or signing up another group, go to: https://flagsforfallenvets.com/
BACKGROUND: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery invite volunteers to place approximately 127,000 small, grave flags on individual gravesites.
Provided by Flags for Fallen Vets (FFFV), the flags will be on display through Memorial Day. Visitors may place flags on gravesites at any time,
Flags will be cleared from the cemetery on Saturday, 30 May beginning at 9 a.m. Our section should remain the same, and we will have a separate signup!
Established in 1937, the 336-acre cemetery Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery richly landscaped grounds serve as a final resting place for many of America’s brave and beloved men and women, including twelve veterans who were awarded the Medal of Honor. Other notables include Captain William Randolph for whom Randolph Air Force Base is named; 17 members of the 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment who were executed for their participation in the 1917 Houston Riot; LTC Karen Wagner, a casualty of the 9/11/2001 plane crash at the Pentagon; and 27 Buffalo Soldiers from the 9th and 10th Cavalry, who served during the Indian Wars era.