The long-awaited West Texas State Veterans Cemetery marked its first month in operation near Lubbock with ceremonies June 17 honoring an unaccompanied veteran who was laid to rest and recognizing the new facility’s designation on the National Purple Heart Trail.
The new cemetery along East 50th Street near Lubbock has officially joined the Texas Veterans Land Board’s other four Texas State Veterans Cemeteries as part of the National Purple Heart Trail.
According to the Texas General Land Office, the National Purple Heart Trail is a symbolic and honorary system of roads, highways, and monuments in tribute to military members who have received the Purple Heart…