©By Larry Hume (VFW Post 8904)

VFW to Observe the Sinking of the USS Maine

January 29, 2025 - The Spanish-American War lasted less than four months, April 21 – August 13, 1898, and ended Spain’s worldwide empire. It ended with America easily defeating Spain and signaled the United States' emergence as a world power. The blowing up of the battleship USS Maine in Havana harbor on February 15th, 1898, with the loss of 266 crewmen and marines, in essence, was the start of the war.

Vietnam Peace Accord of 1973

January 21, 2025 - The Paris Peace Accord ending the Vietnam War was signed on January 27, 1973 and was followed by the withdrawal of the remaining American troops. The terms of the accord called for a complete ceasefire in South Vietnam, allowed North Vietnamese forces to retain the territory they had captured, release of US prisoners of war, and called for both sides to find a political solution to the conflict.

Flag Half-Staff Alert: Pearl Harbor Day

December 3, 2024 - National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day is Saturday, December 7, 2024.

Although this remembrance day is not a public holiday, public law calls for the American Flag and subordinate flags to be at half-staff from sunrise until sunset on December 7.

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

Pearl Harbor Day Program

November 21, 2024 - It began when Japanese aircraft appeared in the air over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, just before 8am on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. When the attack ceased shortly before 10am, less than two hours after it began, American forces had paid a fearful price. Eighteen (18) ships were either damaged or sunk, 180 aircraft were destroyed, 2,403 were dead, and thousands of others were wounded.

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