September 13, 2021 by Marlee McCormick

North Texas Cemetery Named First Purple Heart VA Cemetery In USA

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(Dallas, TX) — The Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery is now the nation’s first Purple Heart VA Cemetery.

The Department of Texas’ Military Order of the Purple Heart made the proclamation on Saturday, the 20th anniversary of 9/11, as Purple Heart recipients were being honored.

The 635-acre DFW National Cemetery is the third busiest national cemetery in the United States, averaging nearly two-dozen burials a day.