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VLB now offering $417,000 for home purchases, $100,000 for land
April 26, 2012(AUSTIN)—Texas veterans can now take advantage of the VLB's low-interest rate loans to borrow as much as $417,000 to buy a home and $100,000 to buy land. The Texas Veterans Land Board voted unanimously today to increase the home and land loan limits in the latest expansion of benefits under the le...more
Patterson Purples Up for Military Kids
April 09, 2012(AUSTIN)—The website more than 1.7 million veterans living in Texas rely on for information about their benefits - www.texasveterans.com - will go purple Friday, April 13 in a show of support for Texas Operation Military Kids. "The VLB will Purple Up! For Military Kids and we hope you wi...more
More than 60,000 Easter eggs at Big Spring Veterans Home
April 04, 2012(AUSTIN)—The 9th Annual Community Easter Egg Hunt at Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home 9th Annual is set for 11 a.m. on Good Friday and kids of all ages are invited to join the fun. This week residents at the Big Spring home have stuffed more than 60,000 plastic eggs with cand...more
El Paso’s Texas State Veterans Home hosts top veterans advocates
January 19, 2012(AUSTIN)—The Ambrosio Guillen Texas State Veterans Home will host a meet and greet for El Paso's top veterans advocates at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20. Congressman Silvestre Reyes, State Reps. Joe Pickett and Dee Margo, Mayor John Cook and City Councilman Carl Robinson will join El Paso's VA D...more
More than 1,000 gather to dedicate Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery
December 08, 2011(AUSTIN)—Texas veterans turned the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor into a celebration Wednesday as hundreds gathered to dedicate the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery. "We are here today to consecrate this land for our Texas veterans," said Jerry Patterson, chairman of the Texas ...more
Texas Veterans to get a Lone Star Final Salute
December 02, 2011(AUSTIN)—Jerry Patterson, Chairman of the Texas Veterans Land Board, today thanked the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Texas for their gracious donation of 1,000 Texas flags to be used in the Final Salute Program. "These flags will be presented to the family of any Texas veteran who, at the time of ...more
One-of-a-kind Texas State Veterans Home open for business
November 09, 2011(AUSTIN)—Generations of veterans gathered today in Tyler to dedicate the newest and most down-home state veterans’ home in Texas. “Watkins-Logan-Garrison Texas State Veterans Home is a one-of-a-kind facility,” said Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, chairman of the Vetera...more
Voices of Veterans™ exhibit opens on Veterans Day
October 31, 2011(AUSTIN)—The Texas Veterans Land Board and chairman Jerry Patterson, will celebrate Veterans Day with the opening of a Voices of VeteransTM program exhibit at the Texas Capitol Visitors Center called "Every Veteran has a Story to Tell." The interactive, multimedia exhibit will open on Nov. 11 (11.11.11) at ...more
Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery dedication Dec. 7
October 17, 2011(AUSTIN)—Texas veterans and those who support them are invited to a December 7 dedication of the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery. The dedication will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the 54-acre site, located at 9974 Interstate 37 Access Road, Corpus Christi. Retired Army Lieutenant General Ma...more
Watkins-Logan-Garrison Texas State Veterans Home dedication Nov. 9
October 05, 2011(AUSTIN)—Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson today invited veterans and those who support them to the Nov. 9 dedication of Watkins-Logan-Garrison Texas State Veterans Home in Tyler. A ceremony to dedicate this one-of-a-kind long-term care facility will begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9 at ...more