Fort Myer in Arlington in Arlington County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
John C. McKinney Memorial Stables
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., 2005
1. John C. McKinney Memorial Stables Marker
Caisson Platoon Leader
3d U.S. Infantry (The Old Guard)
June 1959 to May 1974
Erected by United States Army.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 38° 52.994′ N, 77° 4.993′ W. Memorial is in Arlington, Virginia, in Arlington County. It is in Fort Myer. It is at the intersection of Jackson Avenue and Sheridan Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Jackson Avenue. Access is restricted due to Fort Myer being an active military installation. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 102 Forrest Cir, Fort Myer VA 22211, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Washington Metropolitan Area and in Northern Virginia. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Mid-Atlantic, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Fort Myer Historic District (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); 12th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (about 500 feet away); The Commander in Chief's Oak (about 500 feet away); First Flight of an Airplane on a U.S. Army Installation (about 600 feet away); Famous Firsts in Aeronautics at Fort Myer (about 600 feet away); Thomas Etholen Selfridge (about 600 feet away); Centennial of Military Aviation (about 600 feet away); Fort Whipple (about 600 feet away).
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Regarding John C. McKinney Memorial Stables. Chief Warrant Officer 4 John C. McKinney may have been the last of the Army's career horse soldiers. He died at age 68, of cancer, on Oct. 27, 1987 at his home in Columbus, N.C.
Except for about 18 months after World War II, Mr. McKinney served in the Army from 1939 to 1974. For 29 of those years, despite the proliferation of planes and tanks and electronics of incredible sophistication, he was with horses and mules.
Also see . . . Black Jack: America's Famous Riderless Horse. This book, written and published by Robert Knuckle in 2002, mentions CW4 McKinney in several places. On one page, McKinney is dressed as George Washington. (Submitted on October 9, 2008.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., 2005
2. Caisson Platoon Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., 2005
3. John C. McKinney Memorial Stables
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., 2005
4. McKinney Memorial Stables Black Jack Museum Room
Black Jack was the caparisoned, and riderless, horse in Presidents John F. Kennedy's and Lyndon B. Johnson's funeral processions.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., 2005
5. Former Hitching Posts Used for Floor of Black Jack Museum Room
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., 2005
6. Horses at McKinney Memorial Stables
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 8, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 3,209 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 8, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
