11/11/2025
๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฒ | ๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ธ
Today, and every day, LULAC 22198 - Orgullo de San Antonio & LGBTQVoces Council #22439 Honors the ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง, and all whoโve stood in defense of this nation โ from its earliest battles to our present day.
Our communities have always been on the frontlines: ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ, even when so many of our stories were erased, overlooked, or left untold.
This year especially โ amid all that our nationโs most vulnerable communities are facing โ we pause to recognize not just service, but the quiet resilience it takes to serve a nation that does not always see or celebrate you.
We as councils that proudly serve at the intersection of our #๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ and #๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ป ๐จ๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ.
To include every service member who honorably served during the time of ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐ฌ๐ค, ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ (๐๐๐๐), and the ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฌ โ
your bravery was not only required on the battlefield, but in the act of existing authentically in a world that demanded your silence.
So today we remember the many
๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐
, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
, ๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ
many who fought for a country that did not always fight for them,
many who would return home to communities wrestling for dignity and basic equality,
Who watched others flourish for generations because of benefits not granted to them simply because of the color of their skin.
Yet lived with their heads held high, carrying their service with pride โ even when their names were not written into history.
We honor the countless ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ who chose to serve a nation their families once journeyed towards with nothing but hopes and dreams.
Their uniforms serving as the price of citizenship, paid for with blood, sweat, and tears.
We honor the ๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ who stepped into the ranks of the Armed Forces, earning the title of โAmericanโ through service, duty, and devotion.
We honor the countless ๐ข๐๐ฃ & ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐จ๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐๐ช๐๐, ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ข, yet carry the invisible wounds of Military Sexual Trauma (MST). Your survival is not only courageousโ but a testimony of unbreakable strength, resilience & survival in spite of what was meant to break you.
We honor the ๐
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, whose service will always speak louder than the circumstances of their removal. Their loyalty, commitment, and sacrifice do not disappear simply because the nation failed to care for them with the dignity they earned, and care they were promised.
We honor all who earned the title โ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ช๐ทโ, those who came home, and those who did not.
Those forced to serve in silence,
and those who later stepped into advocacy โ making it possible for others to simply live, love, and serve freely.
Your service is honored.
Your sacrifice is remembered.
Your unwavering commitment to โCountry Before Selfโ as members of historically marginalized communities will never be forgotten or erased.
๐พ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐พ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐!
Including our councils very own ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐บ๐ธ
Mojica, President - Orgullo, US Army (ret)
L., Vice President - Orgullo, US Air Force (ret)
V., Treasurer - VOCES, US Navy
David G - Chaplin - Orgullo, US Air Force
๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ:
Lee Morales, Army (Tunnel Rat, Vietnam)
Laura Mendoza, Air Force (Not Pictured)
๐บ๐ธ๐โ๐ฝ
With love and respect,
Con amor y respeto,
LULAC 22198 โ Orgullo de San Antonio
LULAC Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio LULAC 4871 - The Dallas Rainbow Councile
