Every Veteran Has a Story: Albert Woodson Swinebroad

Second Lieutenant Albert Woodson Swinebroad
United States Army Air Service - World War I
24 Aero Squadron – First Army Observation Group - Air Observer

Early Life:

Operation Enduring Freedom Marks 24 Years

October 1, 2025 - Twenty-four years ago, America launched its counterattack against terrorism in Afghanistan and ushered in Operation Enduring Freedom and The Global War On Terror.

POW, MIA Recognition Day 2025

September 15, 2025 - The United States National POW/MIA Recognition Day is observed across the nation on the third Friday of September each year. Americans take the time to remember those who are or were at one time Prisoners of War (POW) and those who are still Missing in Action (MIA), as well as their families. National POW/MIA Recognition Day is not a federal public holiday in the United States, but it is a national observance.

Flags at Half Staff Alert

September 11, 2025 - The President has issued a proclamation that the flags of the United States and those flying with it, be at half staff until sunset, September 14, 2025 as a mark of respect for the memory of Charlie Kirk.

Your flags should now be at half staff in honor of Patriot's Day (9/11).

If you have a flag that cannot be lowered, respect can be shown by tying a black ribbon or cord to the top of the mast.

Every Veteran Has a Story: Hardy Eugene Watkins, Sr.

Private Hardy Eugene Watkins, Sr.
United States Army, World War I
Medical Department – 144th Infantry – 36th Division

Patriot Day Half-Staff Alert

September 8, 2025 - In the United States, Patriot Day occurs on September 11 of each year in memory of those killed that day in 2001.

US Flags and other flags flying with it should be lowered to half-staff at Sunup on Thursday, September 11, 2025, and raised at sundown the same day. It is permissible to lower them the evening before on September 10.

If you have outdoor flags that cannot be lowered, respect for the day can be shown by tying a black cord or ribbon to the top of the mast.

VFW Post 8904 Remembers September 11, 2001

September 5, 2025 - Those who we lost on September 11, 2001, will forever hold a cherished place in our hearts and in the history of our nation. By a joint resolution approved December 18, 2001, (Public Law 107-89), Congress authorized the president to designate September 11 of each year as "Patriot Day" to perpetuate the memory of those who perished in the attack on America and to pursue peace and justice in the world and security at home.

In Honor of the Victims in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Fly Flags At Half-staff

August 28, 2025 - By order of a Presidential Proclamation and in Honor of the Victims in Minneapolis, Minnesota, please lower your U.S. Flags and all other flags flying with it to half-staff immediately until sunset, Sunday, August 31, 2025. If you have an outdoor flag that cannot be lowered, respect can be shown by tying a black ribbon or cord to the top of the mast.

VFW Post 8904, Auxiliary to Observe VJ Day

August 25, 2025 - World War II came to an end with the formal surrender of the Japanese on September 2, 1945 aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay and this day has become known as VJ Day (Victory over Japan).

Shelby County Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8904 and the Auxiliary will hold an observance on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at the Veterans Memorial on the grounds of the 1885 Historic Courthouse in Center.

VFW Post 8904 to Remember Iraq War Veterans

August 22, 2025 - August 31st, 2010 marked the official end to US Combat Operations in Iraq. The Veterans of Foreign Wars will ensure the patriotism and sacrifices of this generation that included US Army Specialist Larry E. Polley, Jr. of Center, Texas who was killed in action are never forgotten by the American people.

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