April 10 - Texas History

Speaker 1: This is today in Texas History, brought to you by

the Museum of the American.

Speaker 2: GI on this day, April tenth. In nineteen sixty five,

President Lyndon B. Johnson dedicated the Gary Job Core Training Center.

Following the passage of the Federal Economic Opportunity Act in

August nineteen sixty four, the US Office of Economic Development

again awarding contracts to establish centers for vocational training. In

December nineteen sixty four, the Texas Educational Foundation was awarded

a contract to establish the Geary Center near San Marcos

at the former site of Gary Air Force Base. Between

nineteen sixty five and nineteen sixty seven, it became the

largest such training center in the nation, having nearly three

thousand trainings nineteen sixty seven. It continues to offer vocational

training to young people who receive sufficient technical knowledge and

supervised practice to enable them to get paying jobs when

they think. The Airy Job Corse Center is one of

more than a hundred such centers in the country. I

bet you didn't know.

Speaker 1: That was today in Texas History, brought to you by

the Museum of the American GI. Preserving our past, honoring

our veterans, and educating future generations on Highway six, just

south of Santa's Wonderland. CLICKAMERICANGI Museum dot org.