Mississippi Veterans Affairs

Mississippi Veterans Affairs is the State Agency dedicated to serving Mississippi’s heroes and their families.

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Here's our Resident of the Month at the Mississippi Veterans Home in Jackson.

Mrs. Jennie White
Age: 65
Hometown: Benton, MS
Branch of Service: United States Army

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This week's "Resident of the Month" is featured from our Veterans Home in Kosciusko.

Mr. Harold Murray
Age: 100
Hometown: West, MS
Branch of Service: Navy and Air Force
Mississippi Veterans Home Location: Kosciusko

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This week's "Resident of the Month" is featured from our Veterans Home in Oxford.

Ms. Patricia Staple
Age: 67
Hometown: Drew, MS
Branch of Service: Air Force

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On July 2, 1776, our Continental Congress voted in favor of independence. Two days later, on July 4, delegates from the 13 colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence, marking the birth of our nation’s sovereignty.

#MSVeterans #IndependenceDay

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This week's "Resident of the Month" is being honored from our Veterans Home in Kosciusko.

Mr. Billy P. Barnett
Age: 100
Hometown: Carthage, MS
Branch of Service: Army

Medals Earned: Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Overseas Bar

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Our Mississippi Veterans Home in Tradition is now open!

If you are a Veteran or the spouse of a Veteran requiring long-term care services, or if you're interested in joining our team, contact us at [phone] or visit https://t.co/TaR81bjZ8O.

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Here's our Resident of the Month at the Mississippi Veterans Home in Jackson.

Mr. Douglas Magee
Age: 83
Hometown: Mendenhall, MS
Branch of Service: United States Army

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Recently, our Mississippi Veterans Home in Collins took some of our residents to the state's Armed Forces Museum at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg.

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Our Veterans Home Resident of the Month from the Oxford Home is Ms. Virginia Maples.

Age: 99
Hometown: Abbeville, Mississippi
Branch of Service: Spouse of the late Elmer Julian Maples (Army Veteran)

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Our Mississippi Veterans Home in Collins would like to thank the "5th Squad" from the Jackson Metro Area and VFW Post 17 from Hattiesburg for their recent donations to the facility.

Thank you for your generosity and for serving America's heroes!

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Here are some images from our Memorial Day event at the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Newton. We appreciate everyone who braved the rain to attend our Newton and Kilmichael locations.

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Here's a look at the "Resident of the Month" from our Mississippi Veterans Home in Collins.

Mr. Larry Burnham
Age: 74
Hometown: Laurel, MS
Branch of Service: United States Army

He joined the service because to serve his country.

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May 6-12 is National Nurses Week.

Mississippi VA would like to thank every nurse who provides compassionate and specialized care to our State Veterans Home System residents.

#MSVeterans #NationalNursesWeek

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Our 1st-ever Veterans Home Resident of the Month, representing our Jackson location.

James Hill, Age - 73, Hometown - Hazlehurst, MS
US Army & Navy

He joined the armed forces because of the Vietnam War. He speaks five languages: English, Japanese, Spanish, French, & Russian.

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Today is Silver Star Service Banner Day.

The Silver Star Medal is the 3rd highest military decoration for valor, typically awarded for specific acts of bravery during combat.

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We invite you to join us at 2 PM on Facebook as we livestream the ribbon-cutting ceremony for our new Mississippi Veterans Home at Tradition.

We are honored to have @DeptVetAffairs Secretary Doug Collins as our keynote speaker.

It's a great day for the Veterans of Mississippi!

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Here are images from last week's "Dapper Dan" Dinner at our Mississippi Veterans Home at Kosciusko.

Our guys clean up quite nicely!

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Our residents take table and board games seriously.

Here are a few images of the competition at our Mississippi Veterans Home in Jackson.

Checkers, Dominoes, Jenga, you name it, they're ready!

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Today on The BreckFast Show, @RCTV84 called in to tell us all about the Adopt-a-Veteran Drive Thru that's happening today at the @MSVetAffairs home in Kosciusko.

https://t.co/jeQCRob0lI

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Last week, the non-profit "All American Service Persons" organization delivered its annual $1200 donation to our four State Veterans Homes.

On behalf of everyone at Mississippi VA, we thank you for honoring America's heroes!

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