Petition updateState Funeral for World War II VeteransLouisiana First State to Support State Funeral with Congressional Letter and State Legislature Vote
State FuneralDallas, TX, United States
Aug 12, 2019

We are proud of our progress made so far.                                                                                     

·         We now have signatures from all 50 states, Puerto Rico, USVI’s, US territories and more than 12 countries.

·         State Congressional letters of support sent to the President were signed by all Senators and U.S. Representatives from Missouri, Utah, Minnesota, West Virginia and Louisiana. More are on the way.  

·         Missouri, Tennessee, Texas and Louisiana State legislature resolutions, signed by Governors supporting our Mission were sent to the President.

·         National American Legion resolution of support at their 100th national convention in August 2018.

·         Congressional Medal of Honor recipient and State Funeral Board Member from Missouri Don “Doc” Ballard presented our Mission to the entire VFW National Convention in 2018.

·         West Virginia U.S. Senators Manchin (Dem) and Capito (Rep) introduced a joint U.S. Senate & House (Representative Karen Miller) resolution supporting our mission in May.  

·         One of the three living WWII Congressional Medal of Honor recipients is retired Marine Corporal “Woody” Williams is staunch supporter of our Mission.

·         Brett Reistad, current American Legion National Commander is on our National Board, is active with/for us and has personally donated.

Our Louisiana State Chairman is leaving the Pelican State to become a Special Assistant to the President at the White House in the Office of Policy Development. One of his responsibilities will be Veterans issues! 

 

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