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For many, perhaps everyone, 2020 will go down as a year theyâd rather forget. However, the huge news that came in 2020 is unforgettable.
By March, the coronavirus had swept into the world, the nation and Central Texas, drastically changing the way people work, shop, eat and live. It ushered in changes to the Killeen-Fort Hood area that will likely leave lasting impacts to the local landscape. It impacted everyone.
A month later, on April 22, a Fort Hood soldier went missing. Frantic searches, protests, blame and a national spotlight on Fort Hood followed. Eventually it was discovered that Spc. Vanessa Guillen had been reportedly killed by a fellow soldier. Her body was found more than two months later near the Leon River south of Temple.
The League of United Latin American Citizens marked an important date for Catholics with a prayer event for all missing soldiers near Fort Hoodâs east gate Saturday.
LULAC Herencia 4297 and District 17 coordinated the event by the Spc. Vanessa Guillen mural near the intersection of North Fort Hood Street and West Rancier Avenue in Killeen.
Dec. 12 marks âDia de la Virgen de Guadalupe,â who LULAC District 17 director AnaLuisa Tapia said is the matriarch of the mejicanos.
âThe Virgen de Guadalupe is the person that our parents pray to when a person enlists in the military,â Tapia said.
Tapia said it is important to LULAC to pray for the missing soldiers on the virginâs day, because there is still more work to do.