{"id":308095,"date":"2026-05-25T16:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T16:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/308095\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T16:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T16:25:08","slug":"memorial-day-tribute-lights-up-fallen-heroes-headstones-in-corpus-christi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/308095\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day tribute lights up fallen heroes\u2019 headstones in Corpus Christi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 You may notice something different if you head out to the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery after the sun goes down on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiiitv.com\/article\/news\/local\/veterans-ruck-march-robstown-memorial-day-fallen-heroes\/503-8fedbd86-e870-4b7c-bd3f-928f7fe3051b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Memorial Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s because the Texas Land Commissioner and the Veterans Land Board (VLB) are lighting up the headstones of service members killed or missing in action.<\/p>\n<p>The grounds will remain open through the night on Memorial Day for anyone who wants to view the tribute.<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kiiitv.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                This story continues below.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham made the announcement last Friday, saying, &#8220;This tribute reflects the deep respect the Texas General Land Office (GLO) and the VLB hold for the courageous men and women who gave everything for our nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say the display is meant to give the community a meaningful way to pause, reflect and remember the service members who gave their lives for the country.<\/p>\n<p>More from 3NEWS on KIIITV.com: \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiiitv.com\/article\/news\/military-matters\/coastal-bend-veterans-cemetery-memorial-day-headstones-lit\/mailto:tell3@kiiitv.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tell3@kiiitv.com<\/a> so we can get in touch with you about your story should we have questions or need more information. We realize some stories are sensitive in nature. Let us know if you&#8217;d like to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 You may notice something different if you head out to the Coastal Bend State&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-308095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}