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LeadershipSA group gains insight into the military during JBSA-Fort Sam Houston visit
September 19, 2024 — A group of more than 50 San Antonio community leaders gained insight into several areas of Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston during a visit by LeadershipSA on Sept. 11, 2024... MORE

Staff members at JBSA museums keep busy despite lockdown
July 6, 2020 — Historians and staff members at museums throughout Joint Base San Antonio have had to adjust since shutting their doors to visitors in March because of the pandemic... MORE

Bill Manchester, director of the Airman Heritage Training Complex at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland

Foulois ushered dawn of military flight at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston 110 years ago
March 2, 2020 — Aviation pioneer Army Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois ushered in the dawn of military flight when he made his historic journey 110 years ago March 2... MORE

110th anniversary of the first military aerial flight

Photographic perspectives of Cole High School students focus of Fort Sam Houston Museum exhibit
December 27, 2019 — Perspectives on military life, nature and architecture through the camera lens of Cole High School students is the theme of a new exhibit that opened at the Fort Sam Houston Museum Dec. 10... MORE

Maricah Frank, a student at Cole High School located at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, took this photo of upside down troop helmets filled with personal items and equipment in the parking lot in front of the old Brooke Army Medical Center at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston. The photo, titled “Field Day,” is one of 101 images submitted by students in the Cole photography program that are included in an exhibit at the Fort Sam Houston Museum that opened Dec. 10.

Present meets past at Fort Sam Houston Museum
November 29, 2019 — Jacqueline Davis, Fort Sam Houston Museum director, shows Mary Jean Eisenhower, granddaughter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, artifacts from her grandfather's life, during her visit to the Fort Sam Houston Museum Nov. 22... MORE

Jacqueline Davis(left), Fort Sam Houston Museum director, shows Mary Jean Eisenhower, granddaughter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, artifacts from her grandfather's life, during her visit to the Fort Sam Houston Museum Nov. 22. During her visit, Eisenhower also toured the U.S. Army North headquarters and visited the Eisenhower quarters, still in use today. President Eisenhower was stationed at Fort Sam Houston both as a lieutenant and a colonel, and he even met his wife, Mamie, at the Army post.

Joint Base San Antonio officials host conference to establish ties with Native American tribes
July 2, 2019 — Establishing and strengthening relations between Native American tribes and Joint Base San Antonio officials was the focus of a tribal conference held at JBSA-Camp Bullis June 25-27. Representatives of three Native American tribes from New Mexico and Oklahoma attended the three-day conference. ... MORE

Dr. Bryan Howard (second from right), Fort Sam Houston Museum curator, speaks about the history of Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston during a tour of the Quadrangle for attendees of a tribal conference hosted by JBSA June 25-27. Representatives of three federally recognized Native American tribes attended the conference, whose purpose was to establish relations and to discuss issues and topics of concern between the tribes and JBSA officials.

Fort Sam Houston Museum planning exhibit improvements for 2019
March 19, 2019 — The Fort Sam Houston Museum is updating and adding new exhibits that will help visitors expand their knowledge on the history of the post and of U.S. military history... MORE

A 100-year-old serape given to U.S. Army Gen. Hugh Scott from famed Mexican Revolution leader Pancho Villa in the mid-1910s will be put on display next to an exhibit at the Fort Sam Houston about Villa, the Mexican Revolution (1910-20), the relationship between Villa and the U.S. and the troubles along the U.S.-Mexico border during that time period. The display of the serape is one of several updates and additions the museum is making to its exhibits this year.

Fort Sam Houston Thrift Shop reopens in new location
September 19, 2018 — The Fort Sam Houston Thrift Shop, sponsored by the Spouses' Club of the Fort Sam Houston Area, is held a grand re-opening ceremony Sept. 19 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new location, which used to be the site of the Fort Sam Houston Museum. The address is now 1210 Stanley Road, building 123... MORE

(From left) Robert Naething, deputy to the commanding general, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army); Angie Ryder, Fort Sam Houston Thrift Shop manager; Stacy Vick, Fort Sam Houston Thrift Shop bookkeeper; and Maj. Gen. Mark R. Stammer, commanding general, U.S. Army South, cut the ribbon to open the relocated Fort Sam Houston Thrift Shop at its new location of 1210 Stanley Road, building 123. The site was the location for the former Fort Sam Houston Museum.

Cole High School student photos focus of Fort Sam Houston Museum exhibit
August 23, 2018 — A gallery of photos taken by Cole High School students and the stories behind those photos is the focus of a new exhibit at the Fort Sam Houston Museum... MORE

Willie White Jr., Fort Sam Houston Independent School District board of trustees president, talks to Laura DeLeon, a student at Cole High School, as he views one of DeLeon’s photos that is displayed in a gallery of photos taken by Cole students during a reception Aug. 9 at the Fort Sam Houston Museum.

Fort Sam Houston Museum features World War I centennial exhibit
April 19, 2017 — April 6 marked the official start of the United States World War I centennial period, which runs through June 2019, covering the U.S. entry into the war to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston has partnered with many other commemorative organizations to show Texans role during the war. ... MORE

Clyde Balsley, center, stands next to his Nieuport 11 (nickname bébé). With his personal marking of a white star, it was camouflaged with standard brown and green upper surface and natural under surface. It was capable of flying 97 miles per hour. Armament was one fixed forward firing Lewis machine gun mounted in the top wing to fire over the propeller.

Museum tells history of Fort Sam Houston, military in San Antonio
March 24, 2017 — Located in the historic Quadrangle at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, the Fort Sam Houston Museum tells the history of the post from its origins to the present day, including the units, organizations and figures that have made the post one of the most important in the U.S. military... MORE

Army Pfc. Class Min Jung (left) and Army Spc. Angel Torres (right) view a historical display at the Fort Sam Houston Museum. Located in the historic Quadrangle, the museum contains six rooms of exhibits, displays and artifacts on the history of Fort Sam Houston and a reference library and archives.