SAN ANGELO -- The European Union's ambassador to the United States placed wreaths on the headstones of five Irish frontier soldiers Sunday at the Fort Concho National Historic Landmark, a restored military post.

"I'm aware of how many Irish people found a way of making a life in other countries by serving in the armed forces," said Ambassador John Bruton, a former prime minister of Ireland. "Today we recognize that the heroism of these people is being honored."

Bruton said in a story for Monday's San Angelo Standard-Times that it was important to honor those who were foreign-born who helped settle the American frontier.

While the grave sites of the five Irish soldiers killed in the Indian wars of the 1870s are unknown, the headstones commemorating their sacrifice are located between the headquarters and quartermaster buildings at the east end of the parade ground. The post closed in 1889.

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