October 19, 2026 - On Sunday morning, October 23, 1983, at 6:22 a.m., a suicide bomber drove a truck packed with explosives into the Battalion Landing Team headquarters of the U.S. Marine compound at Beirut International Airport. Minutes later a second truck bomb struck French peacekeepers nearby. The attacks killed 241 Americans — 220 Marines, 18 sailors, and three soldiers — the deadliest single day for the Marine Corps since Iwo Jima during World War II.

October 5, 2026 - Twenty-five years ago this month, the United States opened the campaign that became Operation Enduring Freedom and the Global War on Terror. What began as airstrikes against al-Qaeda and Taliban targets in Afghanistan became America’s longest war and asked a generation of service members to carry it.

"You Are Not Forgotten"
Shelby County VFW Post 8904
Invites the Public to Honor America’s POWs and MIAs

September 14, 2026 - On the third Friday of September, a grateful nation pauses to remember those who paid a price few can imagine. National POW/MIA Recognition Day is not a federal holiday, but it is a sacred American observance—a promise kept in every community that still flies the black-and-white flag and still speaks the words that bind us: You are not forgotten.

August 25, 2026 - World War II officially ended on September 2, 1945, when Japanese representatives signed the Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. That solemn ceremony, now known as V-J Day (Victory over Japan), closed the costliest conflict in human history and brought peace after years of extraordinary sacrifice.

August 26, 2026 - A Presidential Proclamation honoring the passing and memory of Dolly Parton has been issued. All flags of the United States should be flown at half-staff until sunset on Tuesday, September 1, 2026.

See the Proclamation by clicking here here