Washington Parish Council: Veterans in the Council Record

The Washington Parish Council's year carried one veteran action - Resolution No. 26-1465 of March 9, 2026, authorising a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs - and the Parish President's reports of the July 1, 2026 Liberty Tree dedication at the parish's Veterans Memorial Park, whose lawn maintenance the Council took on in Resolutions 20-1014 and 21-1089.

Also called: Parish Council, Resolution 26-1465, Cooperative Endeavor Agreement, Veterans Memorial Park, Liberty Tree, American 250, Ryan Seal, Reginald McMasters, Resolution 21-1089, Resolution 20-1014, Franklinton, Bogalusa, Angie, Varnado, Mount Hermon, Enon, Thomas, Pine.

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Washington Parish, LACounty

The agreement. The March 9, 2026 agenda's item 14: "Resolution No. 26-1465: A Resolution Authorizing the Washington Parish Government to Enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs". The signed resolution records the vote - "YEAS: (7) King, Culpepper, Rice, Wagner, Harry, Branch, McMasters" - over Chairman Reginald McMasters' signature and Council Clerk Jesse Applewhite's certification (the service office entry quotes its purpose). The park. The Council's resolutions list carries Resolution 20-1014, "Provide Lawn Maintenance for Proposed Veterans Memorial Park", and Resolution 21-1089, "Provide Lawn Maintenance Our Veterans Memorial Park, Inc.", and Ordinance 7-437 of September 10, 2007 approved a cooperative endeavor for the funding and construction of a veterans memorial in the parish. In June 2026 Parish President Ryan Seal invited everyone "to come out on July 1, 2026, to the Liberty Tree Dedication at the Veterans Memorial Park", and in July he reported: "on July 1st we dedicated Washington Parish's Civic Tree at our Veterans Memorial Park as part of the American 250 initiative", with a live oak from the Commissioner of Agriculture and the Bogalusa High School JROTC presenting the colours. The record. The Council's 74 window files on its CivicClerk portal were read; minutes of November 2025 through May 2026 are not posted. No veteran benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed in what was read.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Washington Parish Council: Veterans in the Council Record
Gate	Rule
No eligibility - a council record	The record documents the Council’s veteran items; it grants no individual entitlement.

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