The home will serve 120 Veterans, spouses, and Gold Star Parents, including eligible Veterans with a 70% or higher service-connected disability who can live in the home for free.
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Land Commissioner, and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham announced the grand opening ceremony of the Tuskegee Airmen Texas State Veterans Home on Saturday, March 22, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Fort Worth, Texas. Commissioner Buckingham will give remarks at the event.
The VLB broke ground on this project in August 2021. The Tuskegee Airmen Texas State Veterans Home will be the VLB’s 10th Veterans home, including 72 comfortable rooms, 24 of which are private, and a memory support neighborhood for 30 residents.The home is named after the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-African American flying group in the United States Armed Forces.
These pilots served during World War II and completed over 15,000 missions across North Africa and Europe. These brave men also received over 150 Distinguished Flying Cross awards, 60 Purple Hearts, and the Congressional Gold Medal.
The home will serve 120 Veterans, spouses, and Gold Star Parents, including eligible Veterans with a 70% or higher service-connected disability who can live in the home for free.
These pilots served during World War II and completed over 15,000 missions across North Africa and Europe. These brave men also received over 150 Distinguished Flying Cross awards, 60 Purple Hearts, and the Congressional Gold Medal.
The home will serve 120 Veterans, spouses, and Gold Star Parents, including eligible Veterans with a 70% or higher service-connected disability who can live in the home for free.
The VLB has an on-site representative in each home to ensure our distinguished long-term residents get the best possible care. The Lone Star State's Veterans Homes are Texas-owned and regulated by the Texas Health & Human Services Commission and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
WHO: Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham, M.D.
- Veterans Land Board Executive Secretary, Tony Dale
- Representative Nicole Collier, House District 95, Texas House of Reps.
- Representative David Cook, House District 96, Texas House of Reps
- Representative Terry Meza, House District 105, House of Reps.
- Councilmember Charles Lauersdorf, Council District Four in Fort Worth
- Councilmember Gyna Bivens, Council District Five in Fort Worth
- Councilmember Chris Nettles, Council District Eight in Fort Worth
- Councilmember Jeanette Martinez, Council District 11 in Fort Worth
- Texas Veterans Commission Vice Chair, Mary Dale
- Texas Veterans Commission Member, Charles Wright
- Al Henderson, President of the Claude R. Platte Dallas Fort Worth Chapter of Tuskegee Inc.
WHEN: Saturday, March 22, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Media planning to attend the event, please RSVP to media@glo.texas.gov
- Mult box provided (Please arrive and be set up by 10:30 a.m.)
2200 Joe B. Rushing Road
Fort Worth, TX 76119
