Out of concern for the health and well-being of the Lamb County Veterans, the Veterans’ Memorial Committee has made the difficult decision to cancel the annual Veterans’ recognition service at the Veterans’ Memorial in Littlefield.
With the increase of COVID-19 cases in the area, the committee feels it is in the best interest of all involved to forego this year’s Sunday afternoon service.
The Committee members encourage all citizens of Lamb County to remember our Vetarans, all year long, and when you see them, offer your thanks for a life lived in service to this country that we all love.
The Lamb County Veterans’ Memorial is located in Littlefield just offHall Avenue (Highway 385) near the Lamb County Ag and Community Center. The Lamb County Veterans’ Memorial was dedicated on Nov. 11, 2007, and it consists of monoliths which include the names of more than 4,100 Lamb County veterans from Lamb County who served in all wars during wartime and peacetime.
There are also a veterans’ memorial in the communities of Olton, and in Springlake-Earth.
The Olton Veterans’s Memorial is near the flag pole in front of the School Auditorium.
The Veteran’s Memorial in the Springlake-Earth community, is on the grounds of the SpringlakeEarth School campus.
If anyone is interested in having a veteran’s name added to the Lamb County monoliths at the Littlefield site, please contact a member of the Memorial Committee, and they will gladly assist you with that.
The current committee members include: Charlie Meier, president; (Littlefield), Linda Thompson (Olton) Virginia McAnally (Lubbock) and Kim Billinglsley (Littlefield) The committee will be working on reorganizational efforts after the first of the
If anyone is interested in serving on this committee or volunteering, please watch for a notice of an organizational meeting in your local newspaper.
On behalf of the committee, Thank You to all the area veterans. Freedom Is Not Free!!! Your service is greatly appreciated. God Bless our Veterans and God Bless America.