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Longoria given hero's burial
On this day in 1949, the body of Private Felix Longoria of Three Rivers, Texas, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Longoria had died in the Philippines near the end of World War II. When his recovered remains were sent to Three Rivers for burial, the funeral director refused the use of his chapel for a "Mexican." After action by the American G.I. Forum and Lyndon Johnson, Longoria was buried in Arlington. The affair provided a model case in the Mexican-American struggle for civil rights.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- FELIX LONGORIA AFFAIR
- AMERICAN G.I. FORUM OF TEXAS
- CIVIL-RIGHTS MOVEMENT
- THREE RIVERS, TX
- JOHNSON, LYNDON BAINES
- Other Texas Day by Day Articles for This Date
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