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The Elgin Depot Museum has created a special room for recognizing area veterans from all of the conflicts since 1900.
Read moreThe City of Smithville was designated as a Purple Heart City last Monday. Smithville now joins Bastrop County and the cities of Bastrop and Elgin in this distinction.
Read moreAs she watched the news coverage of Operation Desert Storm unfold on television in 1991, Alexandra Martinsen waited for the return of her highschool sweetheart and husband Paul, who was serving in the U.S.
Read moreThe Elgin Depot Museum is updating its Vietnam veterans listing at this time. There are some veterans returning to their hometown area now and finding that the local museum has
Read moreLee Massengale is on a journey across Texas to help support local veterans. Massengale began his Walk for Veterans last Wednesday at the Bastrop American Legion. The walk of 207
Read moreBastrop County celebrated Memorial Day on May 27 with U.S. Representative Michael McCaul as keynote speaker in Bastrop at Fairview Cemetery and a Laying of the Wreath ceremony at Veterans’ Memorial Park in Smithville.
Read moreOn Sunday morning, the Elgin VFW Post 6115 hosted their annual breakfast and Memorial Day ceremony. Veterans of conflicts as long ago as World War II were among those who
Read moreThe little cemetery at Type has ten veteran burials. Their stories will be told at the Second Day of Remembrance to be held on May 19 at 3 p.m. The
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