Texas Women Veterans Day Celebration

1560 Foley Street,Houston TX 77055

12 June, 2021

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Please join us for a celebratory event, honoring Women Veterans from every era! Did you know that June 12 is designated as Women Veterans Day? The first Women Veterans Day was held June 12, 2018, marking the 70th anniversary of the groundbreaking Women's Armed Services Integration Act, signed into law by President Harry S. Truman on June 12, 1948. That law enabled women to serve as permanent, regular members of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy and the recently formed Air Force. While the holiday has not been nationally recognized, state governors, including those in Kentucky and South Carolina, have signed proclamations marking its observance and other states are planning events. Texas has had the official holiday as part of its law since 2017. While women have served in the American military since before we became a nation, they were not officially recognized as military members or veterans until 1948. Women were originally relegated to serving in the civilian fields of nursing, laundering, mending clothing and cooking. Despite this segregation, many served in war zones alongside their male compatriots, and some even dressed as men during the Civil War and fought on the front lines. If you are a Women that has served. We invite you to come out and celebrate with us as we celebrate YOU and many others, together! We will have food, games, a speaker and women Veteran entrepreneurs on site!