Buchanan Hall: Celebrating 100 Years of History

from Country ZEST & Style Summer 2023 edition

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Buchanan Hall: Celebrating 100 Years of History

Fundraiser Gala - May 19th, 2023

Brig. Gen. James A. Buchanan (Ret., USA) James Anderson Buchanan of Maryland. Appointed from Maryland, Second Lieutenant, 14th U. S. Infantry, 7 March 1867. First Lieutenant, 10 December 1873. Regimental Adjutant, 10 April 1886 to 25 July 1887. Captain, 10 June 1890. Transferred to the 11th U. S. Infantry, 23 July 1893. Served in Puerto Rico from 1898 to 1903. Major, 15th U. S. Infantry, 4 May 1899. Transferred to the 12th U. S. Infantry, 28 February 1901. Transferred to the 28th U. S. Infantry, 15 July 1900. Lieutenant Colonel, Puerto Rico Protection Regiment, 1 July 1901. Lieutenant Colonel, 5th U. S. Infantry, 14 April 1902. Transferred to the 2nd U. S. Infantry, 24 December 1902. Transferred to the 11th U. S. Infantry, 7 April 1903. Colonel, Puerto Rico Regiment, 21 July 1902.

Born at Washington County, Maryland, December 11, 1843. He married Helen Warren Myers in 1885. He was appointed from Maryland, Second Lieutenant, 14th US Infantry, March 7, 1867, and was promoted through the grades to Colonel, 24th US Infantry, August 14, 1903, and to Brigadier General, United States Army, April 14, 1905. He retired at own request after 30 years of service, May 31, 1906. He served at principal western posts for more than 30 years, in Puerto Rico, 18981903, and Fort Buchanan in San Juan, Puerto Rico was named after him. He also served in the Philippines. He made his home at Ayrshire in Upperville, Virginia. In the 1920s he built a Buchanan Hall as a gift to the community. He died May 18, 1926 and was buried with military honors in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery.