More than 27K veterans call Bristol County, MA home. We are nestled between the Naval War College in Newport, RI and Joint Base Cape Cod. Sixteen Congressional Medal of Honor recipients are interred in our county. Our SVA chapter and Veterans Center invite veterans to engage with each other and contribute to the community. Bristol had both 2023 Student Veteran Leadership Award and Veteran Champion of the Year in Higher Education Honorees in GI Jobs Magazine. Bristol has a 2023 SVA Chapter Advisor of the Year Finalist and sent the largest cohort of any IHL to the SVA Leadership Institute.