Your cemetery may qualify to join the WRRF Cemetery Network if:
Veterans of any era are buried at your cemetery
You want veteran grave markers cared for long term
You support honoring veterans through annual and ongoing programs
You want the community to access and share veterans’ stories
You want to help mark unmarked veteran grave sites
If this sounds like your cemetery, sign up today and help ensure every veteran is remembered.
Across Texas, millions of Veterans are laid to rest in private, local, and municipal cemeteries. While some of these cemeteries are well-established and carefully maintained, many others are rural, abandoned, or neglected. Yet, they all share one vital feature: they are the final resting places of our nation's heroes—spanning from the Revolutionary War to present-day service members.
Unlike the well-documented records found in our National and Texas Veteran cemeteries, the majority of community cemeteries lack detailed information about the Veterans buried there. Since the founding of the Warriors Remembrance & Research Foundation in 2024, we have discovered, on average 40-60 percent of the Veterans we serve were previously unknown—lost to time, with no official records of their service. As visitors gather to honor Veterans on Memorial Day and Veterans Day, many are unaware that the graves beside, behind, and in front of them also belong to brave individuals who served in some of our nation's most defining conflicts, such as World War I and World War II.
This disturbing trend sparked the creation of the Veterans of Texas Legacy Project a state wide Warriors Remembrance & Research Foundation volunteer effort. Our mission is ambitious yet achievable: to document every veteran buried in private, local, and municipal cemeteries across Texas. We actively research, create, and maintain digital memorials for each veteran, utilizing the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Veterans Legacy Memorial (VLM) when an official page exists.
For veterans not yet represented in the VLM, Warriors Remembrance & Research Foundation creates comparable memorial pages through our website. These pages preserve verified service history, photographs, documents, and personal stories, ensuring each veteran is honored and searchable today. All information is maintained with the intent of transferring it to the Veterans Legacy Memorial once an official VA page is created, ensuring continuity and long-term preservation of each veteran’s legacy.
In addition to this primary goal, we are working diligently to reach out to the next-of-kin of Veterans whose graves lack government markers or medallions. Our aim is to ensure these graves are properly honored with the official recognition they deserve, so that all who visit will know they are standing in the presence of an American hero.
Lastly, we are committed to creating free public museums or enhancing existing museums through our Warriors Remembrance Lodge efforts in every county, providing a lasting tribute to these courageous men and women. These museums will share the stories of those laid to rest, honoring their service and sacrifices in a meaningful and historic way for generations to come.
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