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Save the Date: Land Commissioner Buckingham Announces West Texas State Veterans Cemetery To Be Designated as Part of The National Purple Heart Trail
Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is honored to announce that the West Texas State Veterans Cemetery (WTSVC) will be recognized as a part of the National Purple Heart Trail with a Purple Heart Ceremony at the cemetery on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.
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Join Us For The First Unaccompanied Veteran Burial At The West Texas State Veterans Cemetery
On Wednesday, June 17th at 11:00 a.m., West Texas State Veterans Cemetery will conduct its first-ever Unaccompanied Veteran Burial. The ceremony will lay U.S. Army Veteran, Specialist 5 (SP5), Herman Brown, Jr., to rest.
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Land Commissioner Buckingham Celebrates the Heroic Women Who Have Served on Women Veterans Recognition Day
Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is delighted to recognize and praise all of the amazing women who have proudly served our country on Women Veterans Recognition Day.
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Join Us For An Unaccompanied Veteran Burial At The Rio Grande Valley State Veterans Cemetery
Thursday, June 11th at 10:00 a.m., the Rio Grande Valley State Veterans Cemetery will conduct an Unaccompanied Veteran Burial for U.S. Navy Veteran Fireman Apprentice (FA) Robert Joseph Ruggeri.
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Texas Land Commissioner Buckingham Offers USDA Access to GLO State Lands to Combat New World Screwworm
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., sent a letter to United States Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Texas Governor Greg Abbott offering access to appropriate General Land Office (GLO) managed lands to support the State and United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) response to the active, escalating threat of the New World Screwworm.
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Save the Date: Land Commissioner Buckingham Encourages Veterans To Attend the 2026 Panhandle Veterans Expo
Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham, M.D., the VLB, Amarillo VA Healthcare System, Texas Veterans Commission, Texas Veterans Network, and Bell Flight cordially invite you to attend the 2026 Panhandle Veterans Expo on Saturday, June 13, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Land Commissioner Buckingham Announces First of Six Orphaned Wells Plugged in Baffin Bay by GLO and Railroad Commission
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is proud to announce that the Texas General Land Office (GLO) and the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) have successfully plugged the first of six orphaned wells in Baffin Bay as a part of a current Coastal Protection Project.
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Join Us For An Unaccompanied Veteran Burial At The Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery
Wednesday, June 10th at 10:00 a.m., the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery will conduct an Unaccompanied Veteran Burial for U.S. Navy Veteran, Airman Apprentice (AA), Christopher Ray Flores.
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Commissioner Dawn Buckingham Sends Letter to Harris County Judge Urging “Shovels, not Scapegoats”
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., sent a letter to Judge Lina Hidalgo this morning calling on Harris County to focus on systematic process improvements to eliminate further delays to ensure funding for disaster recovery flood mitigation projects are not placed in jeopardy.
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Voices of Veterans: Corporal Joseph Esparza Shares His Story of Service in the United States Marines During the Iraq/Afghanistan War
Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is proud to introduce the next installment of the series highlighting the VLB's Voices of Veterans Oral History Program.
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