On June 12, 1948, President Harry Truman signed into law the Women’s Armed Forces Integration Act allowing women to serve as regular members of the military.
On May 5, 2017, State Rep. Victoria Neave filed Texas House Bill 2968, establishing Texas Women Veterans Day. The bill later was incorporated into Senate Bill 805, and on June 9, 2017, was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott, designating June 12 as Women Veterans Day.
On Sunday afternoon, dozens of area veterans, both male and female, were among those who gathered at Veterans Plaza in Boerne to recognize the day and remember the female veterans who served in the U.S. military.
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