Flyer for Native American Heritage Month Special Event scheduled for November 16, 2018, at the VA outpatient clinic in Harlingen, Texas. (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs info graphic by Luis H. Loza Gutierrez)

VCB to host special event for Native American Heritage Month

   

HARLINGEN, Texas -- VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System (VCB) is planning to host a special event in observance Native American Heritage Month.

The special event featuring dancers and a drum circle performance by members of the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas is scheduled to take place at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, November 16, 2018, outside the main entrance to the Harlingen VA Outpatient Clinic located on 2106 Treasure Hills Boulevard, Harlingen, Texas 78550.

This is one many events and activities by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs scheduled to take place as part of the agency’s nation-wide observance of National Native American Heritage Month, which among many things focuses on raising awareness about the service and sacrifice of Native American Veterans that spans nearly two and a half centuries of American history.  Native American have served in the U.S. armed forces in every major conflict since the Revolutionary War and according to the U.S. Department of Defense, American Indians and Alaska Natives have one of the highest representations in the military.

For more information, contact the VCB public affairs office at 956-291-9340. 

Please note this is a public event being held in and on the grounds of a facility within U.S. federal government jurisdiction. Video and photographs may be taken by VA staff for use in broadcast or publications and posting on social media. Individuals in attendance are exclusively responsible for informing staff capturing photos or video if they do not want to be photographed or recorded.  Members of the media must obtain prior VA authorization for capturing video, photos and voices recordings within the grounds of the event.

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