The Lone Star Military Vehicle Preservation Association
12 November, 2016 Bastrop, TX Lone Star MVPA was invited to attend The Red White Blue Banquet event at the Bastrop Convention Center. The Event was a Banquet for the Bastrop area Veterans; this included Elgin Veterans also. The event is a $15.00 a plate dinner with proceeds going to the NJROTC of both Elgin
Date: 12 November, 2016 Location: San Marcos, Tx TBD Pictures by Scott S.
DATE: 11 November 2016 Event: Veterans Day Parade Date: 11 November 2016 Location: Austin, TX The Annual Veterans Day Parade in downtown Austin was held on 11 November. We had a great turnout for the event again this year. The weather was great as was the crowd. Following the parade we ate at Thgreadgills. Pictures
29 October 2016 Event: Main Street Car Show Location: Taylor, Texas TBD
Date: 22 October, 2016 Location: Elgin, Texas Lone Star MVPA attended the 29th Annual Hogeye Festival in Elgin,Texas. We event was schedule from 10:00am until 6:00pm. Club members were asked to come by 07:30 to set-up there vehicles and Displays. We had Jim H’s M38A1, Madison H M37A1, James H and Domingo M with their
20 October, 2016 On October 20th thru 22nd I was privileged to participate at American Airlines annual “Sky Ball” charity event that was held in support of the “Air Power Foundation”. Honored during this event were the men and women of “The United States Special Operations Command”. The event raised an estimated $2.5M for charities
Date: 20 October 2016 On October 20th thru 22nd I was privileged to participate at American Airlines annual “Sky Ball” charity event that was held in support of the “Air Power Foundation”. Honored during this event were the men and women of “The United States Special Operations Command”. The event raised an estimated $2.5M for
DATE: 15 October 2016 David B. showed his Land Rover and half dozen combat bicycles at the MUSEUM of the AMERICAN G.I., Tires, Tracks and Tents event 15 OCT 2016. This was the debut of the WWII British folding BSA Paratrooper bicycle he brought back from England in May. Weather was warm and humid, but
DATE: 2016 Mark C. and David B. along with two other San Antonio MV’ers showed vehicles at the VA Hospital Car Show sponsored by the S.A. Camano Car Club. Mark showed his LMTV and David showed “Oscar” his Brit Mil Land Rover. Oscar was a good boy and took “Best in Class” in the Military
8 October 2016 Event: Sun City WW2 Breakfast Location: Cowan Creek Golf Course (Building 3) Sun City Texas Lone Star MVPA was invited to attend a Purple Heart sponsored event in Sun City. The event was a breakfast for WW2 veterans and all other veterans. The event started at 08:00 AM until 11:00 AM. Club
Date: 2 October, 2016 Location: Camp Mabry, Texas The annual Club Picnic at Camp Mabry was a success.
Date: 17 September, 2016 Location: LaGrange, Texas The LaGrange jail display was a success.
10 September, 2016 Burnet, Texas The annual Burnet Air Show was a success.
Date: 3 September, 2016 Location: LaGrange, Texas The Fayette County Fair and Parade was held on 3 September. We had a total of 9 vehicles and 15 members attend. the weather was clear and crowd was impressive. I would compare the crowd to that of the Gonzales Parade, Lakeway Parade, or the Lockhart Parade. We
20 August, 2016 Bastrop, Texas We were invited to display vehicles at the Bastrop American Legion public event. It was attended by Madison H. with his M37B1, James Hy with his M1009 and trailer with Charlie S. assisting him, and Jim H. with his M38A1. Also in attendance was Robert Ratliff with a large weapons
Date: 4 July, 2016 Location: Lakeway, Texas The annual Lakeway 4th of July Parade was a success.
Date: 4 July, 2016 Location: Cedar Park, Texas Event: Independence Day Parade For a variety of reasons, of the six scheduled vehicles originally assigned to this parade, only two made it (three if you count the trailer). Twenty to forty year old military trucks can be cantankerous sometimes. Domingo M made it part way there,
4 July, 2016 Castroville, Texas I was in the Castroville 4th of July Parade with Georgie I. I had my M37 attached and Georgie has his 1965 M151 wtrailer and also his 1987 Deuce and a half sorry, I didn’t get photos of his vehicles during the parade. Our little convoy in the parade received
Date: 2 July, 2016 Location: Kerrville, Texas I was at the Kerrville Car Show on July 2nd with my 1962 M37. Norm Duggleby (from Kerrville) was there with is 1951 M38 and Georgie I. was there with his 1965 M151. There was also a German Army ambulance there, but I did not have a chance
Date: June 25th, 2016 Location: Camp Mabry, Texas Several LSMVPA members spent Saturday in the museum on Camp Mabry helping to reassemble the 1952 vintage F-84E fighter-bomber destined for the “Texas Air Guard in the Korean War” exhibit. We attached both wings and got the main landing gear lowered. We would have had the tail