The woman said to have hugged hundreds of thousands of U.S. soldiers leaving for deployment from Fort Hood now has a permanent presence at the site where she had long wished them well. A plaque in ...

UPDATE: Fort Hood's 'Hug Lady' To Be Honored Where She Met Soldiers For 12 years, she was there for Fort Hood, Texas, troops going to and coming from deployments to combat zones with her engaging ...

FORT HOOD, Texas (FOX 7 Austin) - People embracing and shaking hands is a pretty common sight at any airport. Those given Monday at Fort Hood's Gray Airfield were done in remembrance of possibly one ...

The petition included many comments from soldiers who hugged Elizabeth Laird. A petition to honor a woman who hugged soldiers at an air terminal in Fort Hood, Texas, has gained tens of thousands of ...

From left to right: Maj. Gen. Lester Simpson, Elizabeth Laird and Command Sgt. Maj. John Sampa at Fort Hood’s Robert Gray Army Airfield on Sept. 13, 2015. (3Maj. Randy Stillinger/Army) KILLEEN, Texas ...

FORT HOOD, Texas (FOX 7 Austin) - People embracing and shaking hands is a pretty common sight at any airport. Those given Monday at Fort Hood's Gray Airfield were done in remembrance of possibly one ...

Elizabeth Laird earned the name “Hug Lady” for giving out approximately 500,000 hugs to soldiers deploying or returning home at Fort Hood’s air terminal for 12 years. Later today, the exact room where ...