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The new tombstone of Pfc. Thomas C. Hawkins, one of the 110 Black soldiers convicted of murder, mutiny, and other crimes, and who was among the first 13 soldiers hanged in 1917, at Fort Sam Houston Veterans Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas, on Feb. 22, 2024. Just before he was executed, Private Hawkins wrote a letter to his parents, telling them: ?Although I am not guilty of the crime that I?m accused of Mother, it?s God?s will that I go now and in this way.? (Michael A. McCoy/The New York Times/Fotoarena)
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