Veteran & First Responder Affairs Veteran Cemetery to be Established in Lubbock

On February 24th, 2023, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced that the VA plans to award the Texas General Land Office (GLO) a grant totaling up to $9.5 million for the establishment of a new Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Lubbock, Texas. The cemetery will be located on East 50th Street. The Lubbock City Council dedicated this parcel of land to the General Land Office last May. Now with the help from the VA, Texas will be building the cemetery that will provide resting places for more than 21, 000 Texas Veterans in this region. There are only four state Veteran cemeteries in Texas and the last one built was in Corpus Christi in 2011. The grant is distributed by the Veterans Cemetery Grant Program, within the National Cemetery Administration of the VA. Funding from the grant will be used to construct the cemetery, which will feature pre-placed crypts, a columbarium and inground burial options for cremated remains, and other expenses related to irrigation. This will be the first new Texas State Veterans’Cemetery in 12 years.

Veteran & Military Connection

DATES TO REMEMBER

▪ Navy Reserve Birthday (March 3)

▪ Hug a GI Day (March 4)

▪ K9 Veterans Day (March 13)

▪ American Legion Birthday (March 15)

▪ National Medal of Honor Day (March 25)

▪ Vietnam Veterans Day (March 29) practicaran. Escuelas, organizaciones comunitarias y compañías pueden también involucrarse desarrollando y creando una serie de mensajes y actividades enfocadas en la unión familiar a través del mes de Marzo, El Mes de la Familia. Visite la página de Padres un Paso Adelante www.parentsstepahead. org y vea las campañas creadas a promover el Día de la Familia, obtenga consejos y sugerencias para un Día Familiar divertido y vea los videos que promueven la importancia de pasar tiempo con sus familias.

PURPLE HEART SOUTH PLAINS OF TEXAS CHAPTER MEETINGS 3rd Saturday at 110 a.m., at American Legion, 6628 66th St, in Lubbock. For more info call Steve Oien at (707) 592-4598.

(In English, p. 4)