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- 1 2 3 Dyhouse, Janie, "'We Just Keep Getting Better and Better'", VFW Magazine , Veterans of Foreign Wars, Kansas City, Missouri, volume 112, number 3, November/December 2024, page 39.
- 1 2 3 "Petty House" historical marker, HMdb.org The Historical Marker Database. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
- ↑ Kristi M. Ulrich, Barbara A. Meissner and Maria Watson Pfeiffer with a contribution from I. Wayne Cox, "Archaeological Monitoring of the Urban Reach Section of the San Antonio River Improvement Project: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas", Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Archaeological Report Number 407, 2009, pages 50-53.
- ↑ Rebecca Salinas, "Historic VFW Post 76 in downtown San Antonio vandalized with graffiti", KSAT.com, published June 13, 2024, updated June 14, 2024. Retrieved November 8, 2024.