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Alamo Defenders Heritage Map of Texas by Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D.

Land Commissioner Buckingham Announces “Alamo Defenders Heritage Map of Texas” Available for Pre-Order

Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced her new Commissioner's Map: Alamo Defenders Heritage Map of Texas is available for pre-order. Commissioner Buckingham was honored to commission this map, which reveres the brave Alamo Defenders who sacrificed their lives for freedom. Read More


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Commissioner Buckingham Announces the Winners and Finalists of the 2025 Save Texas History Essay Contest

Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D. is pleased to announce the winners and finalists of the 2025 Save Texas History Essay Contest, sponsored by the Texas General Land Office's Save Texas History Program. More than 700 fourth and seventh-grade students from across the state wrote about any historical person, event, place, group, or cultural tradition, however big or small, that helped shape Texas. Read More


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Voices of Veterans: SP5 George Padilla Shares His Story of Service in the U.S. Army During the Vietnam War

Today, 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. Read More


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Join Us For An Unaccompanied Veteran Burial At The Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery

On Tuesday, May 13th at 11:00 a.m. sharp, the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery will conduct an Unaccompanied Veteran Burial for U.S. Army Veteran Marcus Lee Hager Jr. Read More


Commissioner Buckingham Announces Pre-Sale of 'Texas Takes Shape,' a Historical Map Book of Texas History

Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is pleased to announce the pre-sale of the General Land Office’s (GLO) book, Texas Takes Shape, a comprehensive volume on historical mapping in Texas, which dates back to the sixteenth century. Read More


Commissioner Dawn Buckingham Announces $45 Million in Newly Approved Regional Mitigation Program Projects

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced that the Texas General Land Office (GLO) approved $45,027,000 in regional mitigation funds to improve critical infrastructure, including roads, drainage, water detention, and sewer systems in Fayette and Nueces counties. Read More


Orange County Vessel Turn-In Program, 2023

Texas Land Commissioner Buckingham Encourages Chambers County Residents to Participate in Free Vessel Turn-In Event

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., encourages Chambers County residents to help keep the Texas Coast clean by participating in the Chambers County Vessel Turn-In Program (V-TIP) May 8th, 9th, and 10th from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day. Read More


Voices of Veterans: Col. John Zink - Air Force and Army Air Corps - Profile

Voices of Veterans: Colonel John Zink Shares His Story of Service in the United States Air Force, Army Air Corps

The next installment of the series highlighting the VLB's Voices of Veterans oral history program. This week, we highlight the service of Colonel John Zink who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and U.S. Air Force. Read More


Texas Coastal Roundup

Land Commissioner Buckingham Celebrates Success of GLO's Texas Coastal Roundup and Adopt-A-Beach Spring Coastwide Cleanup 

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is pleased to announce that the Texas General Land Office's (GLO) 2025 Texas Coastal Roundup and Adopt-A-Beach Spring Coastwide Cleanup were immensely successful for the South Padre Island community and across the Texas coast. Read More


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Commissioner Buckingham Announces Winner of the 29th Annual Treasures of the Texas Coast Children's Art Contest

The Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D. is proud to announce Yolanda Xiong of Flower Mound, Texas as the Grand Prize Winner of the 29th Annual Treasures of the Texas Coast Children’s Art Contest. Read More