VFW Post 8904 Receives Donation from Local Business

Pictured are (from left): Tony Powdrill, Carroll Miller, Mike Wulf, and Derrick Roberts.

July 5, 2024 - Pineywoods Beverage made a donation on July 2, 2024, to VFW Post 8904 in honor of Memorial Day, 2024.

Letter from VFW Post 8904 Regarding Passing of John Piersol

John Piersol being honored in the 2022 Memorial Day Program

Every Veteran Has a Story: Bishop Garvin Porter, Sr.

Bishop Garvin Porter, Sr.
United States Army, World War I
Artillery Park – V Corps

Every Veteran Has a Story: Master Sergent Jack Wills

VFW Hosting Free Veteran Breakfast

June 10, 2024 - VFW Post 8904 will be hosting a free Veterans Breakfast on June 15, 2024, at 8am, at Estrella's Mexican Restaurant, 224 Tenaha Street, Center, Texas.

All veterans are cordially invited.

VFW Post 8904, Auxiliary to Remember D-Day with Laying of Memorial Wreath

May 30, 2024 - On June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foothold in Normandy.

Memorial Day 2024 at the Historic Courthouse

May 27, 2024 - Shelby County Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8904 and the Auxiliary invite the public to their annual Memorial Day Program to be held in the 1885 Historic Courthouse on the square in Center on Monday, May 27, 2024. The program will begin at 11am.

Flags at Half Staff in Honor of Memorial Day

May 20, 2024 - Memorial Day is Monday, May 27th, 2024. United States Flags should be flown at half-staff from sunrise until noon. All banks, schools, businesses, government offices, and citizens who fly a US flag that can be lowered are asked to please do so in honor of those Americans who have made the ultimate sacrifice. All other flags flying with the US Flag should also be lowered.

Buddy Poppy Day Fundraiser Supports Veterans in Need

May 21, 2024 - Since 1922, the Buddy Poppy has been an integral part of the VFW community. As the VFW’s official memorial flower, the Poppy represents the blood shed by American service members and reiterates that the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Auxiliary will never forget their sacrifices.

Every Veteran Has a Story: James Lemuel Davis

First Lieutenant James Lemuel Davis
United States Army, World War I

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©By Larry Hume (VFW Post 8904)