VFW Post 972

03/20/2025

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Today marks 22 years since the official start of the Iraq War. We remember all the brave men and women who selflessly answered the call to serve and we pay tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

03/13/2025

02/25/2025

in 1862- The Army of the Ohio, under the command of Major General Don Carlos Buell, marches into Nashville, the capital of Tennessee. It is the first Confederate state capital to fall to federal troops.



Learn more at: https://armyhistory.org/army-history-center/

02/24/2025

On Feb. 23, 1945, six U.S. Marines raised a flag atop Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima.

U.S. Marine Corps forces had invaded the island five days earlier as part of their march to Japan in WWII. The Marines had raised a first flag, but it was deemed too small to be seen by the Marines fighting across the island, so a second flag was brought to the summit. As the second flag was raised, photographer Joe Rosenthal snapped the iconic image that now stands as a symbol of the grit and determination of Americans in WWII.

Two of the second flag raisers are laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery - Sgt. Michael Strank (Section 12) and Pfc. Ira Hays (Section 34). Pfc. Rene Gagnon (Section 51), while not in the picture, also contributed to raising the flag.

We honor the service and sacrifice of all U.S. Marines who fought on Iwo Jima.

02/22/2025

02/22/2025

02/22/2025

Happy Birthday to our First President and Commander in Chief!

“…We ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained: And since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people." George Washington, First Inaugural Address, April 30, 1789

Compliments of George Washington Society