Petition calling for terminal to be named after Fort Hood's 'hug lady' gains steam
By Frank Miles
Published June 04, 2019
Fox News
More than 84,000 signatures have been collected by late Tuesday for a petition to rename the Fort Hood air terminal after the "hug lady," whose embrace boosted the spirits of thousands of American soldiers over nearly a decade as they shipped out for Iraq and Afghanistan.
Elizabeth Laird died on Christmas Eve 2015. She was known for attending almost every Fort Hood deployment from 2003 until her death; it’s estimated she hugged 500,000 soldiers, the Killeen Daily Herald reported.
More than 82,000 signatures have been collected for a petition to rename the Fort Hood air terminal after the "hug lady," whose embrace boosted the spirits of thousands of American soldiers over nearly a decade as they shipped out for Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/The Killeen Daily Herald, Marianne Lijewski)
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