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How one Texas non-profit uses jousting to help veterans, first responders | Truly Texan

Hannah Ortega
Austin American-Statesman
Sir Andrew Solaire talks to spectators after competing in a jousting tournament at the Sherwood Forest Faire in McDade, Texas on April 17, 2022.

Veterans, first responders and active-duty personnel in the area of Paige and McDade find healing in a unique way: through the medieval sport of jousting.

In this week's episode of Truly Texan, the team behind the Knights of the Grail discusses how their group came to be, how therapeutic horsemanship helps those impacted by conditions such as PTSD and how program participants can end up jousting in the ring of Sherwood Forest Faire.

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