HALOS IN HALTOM CITY: The Unfeigned Hope of Black Pioneers Resting at Historic New Trinity Cemetery — A National Treasure.
HALOS IN HALTOM CITY: The Unfeigned Hope of Black Pioneers Resting at Historic New Trinity Cemetery — A National Treasure. There are stories buried in the soil of America. Stories of courage. Stories of sacrifice. Stories of faith that endured even when the world seemed unwilling to see it. Stories of men and women who refused to allow their lives, their service, or their dignity to disappear from the pages of history. In Haltom City, Texas, just northeast of Fort Worth, those stories rest quietly beneath the trees of Historic New Trinity Cemetery. Beneath that sacred ground lie generations of Black pioneers—pastors, teachers, mothers, fathers, builders, and more than 500 Black veterans whose lives helped shape Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, the United States, and communities across the world. These men and women served their country across the defining wars of the twentieth century. They fought in World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and beyond. They traveled acr...