HEARTS Veterans Museum of Texas — Attraction in Huntsville

My son & I evacuated from Port Arthur, Tx at the Bob Bowers Civic Center and traveled to Huntsville, Tx, escaping Hurricane Laura. We had to leave my pet, Chihuahua, Gracie with a local animal shelter. The processing of the evacuees was long and laborious. The people here are very accommodating. Everyone was assigned a cot and families were placed together. For me, the cot was extremely hard and uncomfortable. I have a plate and screws in my right knee and sleeping on a cot is very uncomfortable. The food is another thing...it's horrible. Overcooked dried up and shriveled wieners on bread with some sort of beans and chips. Breakfast was no better, your choice of two items: slice of apple or protein bar or cheeze it chips. Coffee was no so good either. Lunch was a repeat of the supper they tried to serve: wieners, bread, beans and chips. Plenty of water and Gatorade. The children wouldn't even eat the food. People were taking the long walk to find a store to buy edible food. This morning we were served eggs ( probably powered) but dressed to look halfway decent, along with a biscuit and jelly. I know we needed shelter from the Hurticane, but giving decent people and their children what could pass for WWII rations or worse. Many had to walk just to eat some food, to the Travel Centers where we could purchase food. I went to Primo's for breakfast and Subway for lunch. I'm not the only evacuee who made the trip to town on foot to get a decent meal. Many of the parents with young children did the same thing. After the person who is charge took note in the situation, things improved 100%. Meals were more than adequate. Thank...

I went for the dedication of the Vietnam memorial wall. This is a duplicate of the larger wall in D.C. When the wall first started traveling around the country it came to Reno, Nv. Like almost all of us who made it home we were met with hostility and name calling as if we caused and started the war. By reading the names of those that gave their all helped me to understand and realize that what we all did was worth all of our sacrifice. That what we did we did it out of our love for God, freedom, and our duty to the oath we took and that oath we still honor. I wish there was some symbol for those thousands that have died since making it back to the real world and that in their minds never really made it or could forgive themselves for what we had to do or saw so, they've taken own lives, then there are those who died of agent orange or of the many other diseases that they got from being in the jungle or the wounds they couldn't live thru. All our brothers and sisters who died after coming home should be recognized for their sacrifice, tho I know thier will never be a monument, there will only be the pain of loss we the survivors feel for them, sadly that will be the only honor they...

The facility outside is still being improved as it grows. It has quite a bit of military vehicles displayed but the appeal of each of them will be improved as time goes on I am sure. The monuments of those being remembered are in excellent taste. There is a new Vietnam Memorial being build this very day. The 10 tress that were planted along the memorial path are those who lost their lives in Vietnam from the county this museum is in. Once inside the atmosphere is exciting. Seeing the history of the military unfold right as you walk in. The interior is shaped in the form of the pentagon and each room and the hallway in the interior is filled with rich military history. One of the host was very informative as we were given a tour throughout the facility. I was very intrigued and was pulled into each aspect of history presented by the tourist guide and the strategic display of the historical items and artifacts. I found it one of the most complete historical military museums I've had the opportunity to visit. A MUST SEE! Right off the Interstate and next to Huntsville...