HOUSTON — Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham, M.D. is pleased to invite the media to attend the Women’s Veterans Day Ceremony at Richard A. Anderson Texas State Veterans Home in Houston, Texas, on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at 4 p.m. This special event will be hosted by Mayor John Whitmire's Office and the Office of Veterans and Military Affairs. It will honor four Veterans residing at the Houston home and one Veteran who recently passed:

• Wanda Dilworth, U.S. Army
• Mildred Anderson, U.S. Marine Corps
• Avis Sanders, U.S. Army
• Rosemary Hunter, U.S. Army

Debbie Lacy, U.S. Air Force (honored posthumously)

WHO: Mayor John Whitmire's Office, the Office of Veterans and Military Affairs and the VLB

WHAT: Women Veterans Day Ceremony

WHEN: June 12, 2024, at 4 p.m.

WHERE: Richard A. Anderson Texas State Veterans Home 
                14041 Cottingham Street
                Houston, Texas 77048

We ask media planning to attend the event to RSVP at media@glo.texas.gov.

The families of the Veterans being honored have been invited to attend, and Ms. Lacy's family will stand in on her behalf.