Women's Army Corps Veterans' Association Heritage Chapter 62 - Alabama

The primary focus of our support and service are in three areas: Army women veterans support and service, veterans’ services and community service.

Our Chapter members support the U.S. Army Women’s Museum at Fort Lee, VA, which preserves and teaches the history of all Army women. Our support dates back to our work to maintain the WAC Museum from its beginnings on Fort McClellan to its closure in 1999. When the new museum, which contains the collections and exhibits of the WAC Museum, opened in 2001, we continued to donate historic materials and support projects such as the construction of new exhibits, the restoration of older ones and the Museum’s free K -12 education programs for schoolchildren.

Most of our volunteer work takes place in the Anniston, AL area:
We honor the memory of area women veterans by placing flags on their graves before Memorial Day and Christmas wreaths in December.

Our chapter conducts memorial services for Chapter 62 members who have requested a service to be held at the WAC Chapel on Fort McClellan or at surrounding area funeral homes, churches or cemetaries.

Our veteran’s related services include sponsoring , volunteering and donating to programs at the Birmingham Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, recognizing the outstanding woman senior ROTC student at Jacksonville State University, and by participating in and co-sponsoring activities in the city of Anniston such as Memorial Day, 9/11 Memorial Service and Veteran’s Day.

We have a very active color guard. They participate in several area veterans related events and represent Army women proudly and professionally!

Chapter 62 members personally deliver much-needed, monthly donations of food to the Anniston Soup Bowl and the Center for Concern, and our members are active volunteers in many community organizations to assist the homeless and needy. We also maintain the Pet Cemetery on Fort McClellan.