Veterans Invited to October Breakfast

October 19, 2021 - Members of VFW Post 8904, Center will be having breakfast at Trails End Grocery & RV, 5437 FM 3172, Shelbyville (Huxley) on Saturday, October 23 at 8am. If you are a local veteran, you are invited to join us for some good camaraderie and fellowship. Breakfast is on us. More information call Post QM Larry Hume 936-332-0349.

VFW Hosting Beirut Remembrance

October 19, 2021 - On Sunday morning, October 23, 1983 at 0622 hours, two truck bombs, detonated by suicide bombers struck a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon that housed 300 service members of the Multination Force during a peacekeeping operation in the Lebanese Civil War. Killed were 220 Marines, 18 sailors and 3 soldiers making this incident the deadliest single-day death toll for the US Marine Corps since the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.

Women in Service Observance Set for Oct. 18

October 13, 2021 - Women in the military have a history that extends over 400 years into the past throughout a large number of cultures and nations. World Wars I and II saw over 362,000 American women serving during war time. Today women make up 16% of the US military enlisted and 19% of the officer corps and their role has changed significantly over the years from clerical duties to ground combat soldiers to fighter pilots.

Operation Enduring Freedom Marks 20 Years

October 12, 2021 - Twenty years ago, America launched its counterattack against terrorism in Afghanistan and ushering in Operation Enduring Freedom and the Global War On Terror.

Every Veteran Has a Story: Bennie Fritz Lindemann

Staff Sergeant Bennie Fritz Lindemann
United States Army, World War II
124TH Cavalry Regiment – “Horse Soldiers”

Every Veteran Has A Story: John Alford

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JOHN C. B. ALFORD United States Army, World War II – Missing in Action31st Infantry Regiment – Philippine Department

VFW Post 8904 to Observe POW/MIA Recognition Day

Flag Half Staff Alert - Patriot Day

September 8, 2021 - 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 Saturday, September 11, 2021 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 to Remember September 11, 2001 with Patriot Day Observance

As Patriot Day falls on Saturday we will observe on Friday. Begin at 9:00 a.m.

September 7, 2021 - Those who we lost twenty years ago 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.

VFW Post 8904, Auxiliary to Observe VJ Day

September 1, 2021 - 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).

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