Veterans Patrol - San Marcos Texas

Announcements

In the News
Link to the Baptist Standard publication https://www.baptiststandard.com/news/texas/veterans-patrol-serves-those-who-served/

click here for a PDF version of the Baptist Standard article

Next Meeting

May 25, 2026, 1:00 PM

May 2026

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Upcoming Events

MAY

14

THU

Ascension Day

Submit a Prayer Request

Visiting the Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall 2023
Monthly Meeting Guest Speaker
2022 Veterans Day Parade, San Marcos TX
Visiting the Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall 2022
Monthly Meeting at First Baptist Church
Monthly Meeting Guest Speaker
2022 Veterans Day Parade, San Marcos TX
2022 Veterans Day Parade, San Marcos TX
First Baptist Mission Fair 2022

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Click here for PDF file of article written on our Patrol published by Baptist Standard in the CommonCall magazine.

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Next meeting will be a SPECIAL LUNCHEON

Monday, May 25, 2026, at 1PM

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Questions? Linda Gatlin (661) 675-7806

Contact Information

Veterans Patrol

325 W. McCarty Lane
San Marcos, Texas 78666

Map

Phone (512) 216-9519

Email

Affiliations

Veterans Crisis Line

If you or someone you know is in crisis, support is available 24/7, confidential crisis support for Veterans and their loved ones

You don't have to be enrolled in VA benefits or health care to connect.

Dial 988 then Press 1

Chat online

Text 838255

City of San Marcos Initiatives

City Veterans Initiatives

The City of San Marcos is committed to recognizing the sacrifices Veterans have made for us. View the Honoring Our Veterans page to see the many projects and initiatives we have throughout the year.

Ode for Memorial Day

By Paul Dunbar (1872-1906)

Done are the toils and the wearisome marches,
Done is the summons of bugle and drum.
Softly and sweetly the sky overarches,
Shelt’ring a land where Rebellion is dumb.
Dark were the days of the country’s derangement,
Sad were the hours when the conflict was on,
But through the gloom of fraternal estrangement
God sent his light, and we welcome the dawn.
O’er the expanse of our mighty dominions,
Sweeping away to the uttermost parts,
Peace, the wide-flying, on untiring pinions,
Bringeth her message of joy to our hearts.

Ah, but this joy which our minds cannot measure,
What did it cost for our fathers to gain!
Bought at the price of the heart’s dearest treasure,
Born out of travail and sorrow and pain;
Born in the battle where fleet Death was flying,
Slaying with sabre-stroke bloody and fell;
Born where the heroes and martyrs were dying,
Torn by the fury of bullet and shell.
Ah, but the day is past: silent the rattle,
And the confusion that followed the fight.
Peace to the heroes who died in the battle,
Martyrs to truth and the crowning of Right!

Out of the blood of a conflict fraternal,
Out of the dust and the dimness of death,
Burst into blossoms of glory eternal
Flowers that sweeten the world with their breath.
Flowers of charity, peace, and devotion
Bloom in the hearts that are empty of strife;
Love that is boundless and broad as the ocean
Leaps into beauty and fullness of life.
So, with the singing of paeans and chorals,
And with the flag flashing high in the sun,
Place on the graves of our heroes the laurels
Which their unfaltering valor has won!

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