I sent this letter to the Houston Chronicle on May 29, and it ran
in “Letters” on June 2.
Just in case you missed it.
Regarding Allyn
West’s “Master plan aims to bring the memorial back to Memorial Park” (Page A3,
May 29), it would be well to remember that the site of Camp Logan, the World
War I military training camp, along with additional acreage, was bought in 1923
and 1924 by Houston’s Hogg family to preserve as a park. In an arrangement with
the city of Houston, and with a donation of $50,000 by Will, Mike, and Ima
Hogg, Memorial Park, named to honor the soldiers who fought in World War I,
opened as a public park in 1925. At 1,500 acres it is one of the largest
urban parks in the nation. As we remember the Great War of a hundred years ago,
Houstonians can thank the Hoggs for Memorial Park.
Virginia Bernhard
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