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Hogge-Tate Memorial VFW Post 824 Monthly Meeting Update
Posted at 9:23 PM on Monday, January 18, 2010 by post824 in Post News
Mailing Address:
1700E George Washington Highway, Tabb, VA 23693
Post Location:
DAV Chapter 13 Headquarters, same as mailing address above.
Monthly Meeting: 2nd Thursday at 7:00 PM
Active Ladies Auxiliary:
Monthly Meeting 2nd Tuesday at 7PM, same location
Post Commander: Venner Milewski, (r.) USN, 757-223-5763
Senior Vice Commander: Sharon Anderson, (r.) USAF, 757- 865- 8456
Post Adjutant-Quartermaster: Thomas E. Randall (r.) USA, 757-570-3181
See also: All-American, All-State VFW Post 824 Homepage
From left to right, All American Post Commander Ray Wetherell looks on as District 1 Judge Advocate Joe Longstreet reads the duites of a Post Commander to Newly Elected Post Commander Venner Milewski. Photo by Thomas Randall, Post Adjutant-Quartermaster
Veterans Day 2009 Observed by All-American VFW Post 824
Posted at 9:21 PM on Monday, November 16, 2009 by post824 in Post News
On Veterans Day 2009, Hogge-Tate Memorial VFW Post 824 provided a Color Guard for the York County Historical Committee for their observance of the holiday at York County Hall. Present at the program were All-American Past Post Commander Ray Wetherell, commanding the Color Guard and Post Commander Venner Milewski, Post Adjutant and All-American Quartermaster Tom Randall, Comrades Jeffrey Kenney, OS1 (SW/AW) USN and Karmin Teets PS1(SW/AW) USN. The following photograph of the Color Guard with Congressman Rob Wittmann (R-VA 1st District) leading our Pledge of Allegiance was taken by veteran Daily Press photographer Joe Fudge and appeared in the Chicago Tribune the next morning:
In addition, Comrade Carl Birkholz took this picture of the the Color Guard with LTG Vane, Guest of Honor and Congressman Wittman flanking the Memorial Wreath placed there by our brother veterans from Disabled American Veterans Yorktown Victory Chapter 13 Tabb, VA:
As you can see, we avoided the Nor'easter for the sake of the wreath and our national colors and remain indoors. They don't run but they can get a little wet.
For more information about this or any VFW Post 824 event, call 757-223-5763 (Post Commander Venner Milewski) or 757-513-5160 (Post Adjutant Guy Teets). For more Information about DAV Chapter 13, call its Commander, Greg Baskin, at 757-596-0062.
For more information about this or any VFW Post 824 event, call 757-223-5763 (Post Commander Venner Milewski) or 757-513-5160 (Post Adjutant Guy Teets). For more Information about DAV Chapter 13, call its Commander, Greg Baskin, at 757-596-0062.
Another Successful Veterans Day Buddy Poppy Drive for All-American VFW Post 824
Posted at 8:34 PM on Monday, November 9, 2009 by post824 in Post News
On Friday November 6th and Saturday November 7th, 2009, Hogge-Tate Memorial VFW Post 824 distributed Buddy Poppies and collected nearly $3000 in donations for its Relief Fundfrom the citizens of York County, Virginia. ALL VFW Post Relief Funds are use solely for the support of deserving veterans and their families in distress or in need of assistance. Last year Post 824 received $6,676 from the citizens of York County in two separate Buddy Poppy Drives (Memorial Day and Veteran's Day) and spent $4,682 for such charities as the VFW National Home for Children, VFW National Military Services (includes the Military Assistance Program to greet troops when the leave and when they return home, Operation Uplink to ensure they have phone calls while they are gone and Unmet Met Needs that makes financial grants to the families at home in need), Christmas is Everyday (care packages sent to deployed troops by the wonderful folks at Grace Church), Honor Flight Historic Triangle (We helped send 76 WW2 veterans to see their Memorial in Washington, DC for free this past October 17th and even more last Memorial Day). We also made direct grants to veterans in distress and made five visits to the wounded warriors at Fort Eustis with our DAV hosts, Chapter 13 who allows us to share their headquarters.We recently made an official commitment to MAP and "adopted" the 192nd Fighter Wing of the Virginia Air National Guard and we have plans to co-sponsor their annual December holiday party for the air wing and their families.
Please look for us in front of the Tabb Wal-Mart at 2601 George Washington Highway, the Grafton Food Lion in Washington Square and Pops Diner at the corner of Denbigh Boulevard and the George Washington Highway next memorial Day Weekend, you can't miss us we are the post with the yellow vests:
Comrade Michael Murray, Senior Vice Commander Sharon Anderson, Quartermaster and District 1 Junior Vice Commander Tom Randall
For more information about this or any VFW Post 824 event, call 757-223-5763 (Post Commander Venner Milewski) or 757-570-3181 (Post Quartermaster Tom Randall).
Here is the official VFW Buddy Poppy Story:
Among all the flowers that evoke the memories and emotions of war is the red poppy, which became associated with war after the publication of a poem written by Col. John McCrae of Canada. The poem, "In Flander's Field," describes blowing red fields among the battleground of the fallen.
For more than 75 years, the VFW's Buddy Poppy program has raised millions of dollars in support of veterans' welfare and the well being of their dependents.
The VFW conducted its first poppy distribution before Memorial Day in 1922, becoming the first veterans' organization to organize a nationwide distribution. The poppy soon was adopted as the official memorial flower of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.
It was during the 1923 encampment that the VFW decided that VFW Buddy Poppies be assembled by disabled and needy veterans who would be paid for their work to provide them with some form of financial assistance. The plan was formally adopted during the VFW's 1923 encampment. The next year, disabled veterans at the Buddy Poppy factory in Pittsburgh assembled VFW Buddy Poppies. The designation "Buddy Poppy" was adopted at that time.
In February 1924, the VFW registered the name "Buddy Poppy" with the U.S. Patent Office. A certificate was issued on May 20, 1924, granting the VFW all trademark rights in the name of Buddy under the classification of artificial flowers. The VFW has made that trademark a guarantee that all poppies bearing that name and the VFW label are genuine products of the work of disabled and needy veterans. No other organization, firm or individual can legally use the name "Buddy" Poppy.
Today, VFW Buddy Poppies are still assembled by disabled and needy veterans in VA Hospitals. The minimal assessment (cost of Buddy Poppies) to VFW units provides compensation to the veterans who assemble the poppies, provides financial assistance in maintaining state and national veterans' rehabilitation and service programs and partially supports the VFW National Home for orphans and widows of our nation's veterans.
In Flander's Field
by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae (1872-1918)
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow,
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky,
The larks, still bravely singing, fly,
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead.
Short days ago,
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved and now we lie,
In Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe
To you, from failing hands, we throw,
The torch, be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us, who die,
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow,
In Flanders Fields.
by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae (1872-1918)
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow,
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky,
The larks, still bravely singing, fly,
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead.
Short days ago,
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved and now we lie,
In Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe
To you, from failing hands, we throw,
The torch, be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us, who die,
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow,
In Flanders Fields.
All American VFW Post 824 Marches in Yorktown Day Parade
Posted at 7:57 PM on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 by post824 in Post News
On a bright Yorktown Day 2009, seven members of VFW Post 824 led by Post Commander Venner Milewski and six members of VFW Ladies Auxiliary 824 led by President Flossie Johnson showed their enthusiasm for York County and their patriotism for our country as they marched in the Yorktown Day Parade that celebrates this nation's final victory over the British at Yorktown on October 19th, 1781.
VFW 824 Post Commander Venner Milewski musters Comrades Virgil Billeter, Jack Johnson, Tony Sayago, and Past Commander Townsley in this photo by Comrade Carl Birkholz...
VFWLA 824 President Flossie Johnson, Sisters Claudia Birkholz, Ruth Johnson and Driver Gloria Grant-Whitman ride in style... Walking were Sisters Gloria Wetzel and State Junior Vice-President Robin Milewski (not shown)
Past Commander Bill Townsley salutes the Colors as the post rides in a Dodge Ram pickup truck provided by the former Grafton Dodge, a longtime supporter of military veterans and our post, that now does business as Grafton Garage on the George Washington Highway in our hometown of Grafton, VA.
Comrade Monty Winget pulled double duty as he rides one of his vintage vehicles from his chapter of the Virginia Military Preservation Association (VPMA) All American VFW Post 824 Supports Honor Flight Historic Triangle
Posted at 7:33 PM on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 by post824 in Post News
On a dreary Saturday morning on October 17th, 2009, five members of VFW Post 824 reported for Road Guard Duty to Bob Osman of the Honor Flight Historic triangle's Sendoff Committee. An estimated 75 World War II veterans journeyed to Washington D.C. with 56 volunteers known as Guardians to guide and assist the veterans in fully enjoying their visit to the National World War II Memorial and other sites, as if they needed any help having fun. It was a great honor for our generation to honor those who went off to war in an earlier generation. For more information about the trip Click here for the WAVY-TV 10 Video Story.
Reporting for Duty at O Dark Thirty are Comrades Mike Murray, Tom Randall (Adjutant-Quartermaster), Sharon Anderson (Senior Vice Commander) and Carl Birkholz.Photo by Comrade George Fries
For more information about VFW Post 824 or to learn more about joining the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in your neighborhood, contact Adjutant-Quartermaster Tom Randall (757-570-3181) or Post Commander Venner Milewski (757-223-5763). Both are State Recruiting Coordinators for District One as is Raymond Wetherell (757-595-9938).
Venner Milewski Earns State Recruiter Certification
Posted at 8:39 PM on Monday, September 28, 2009 by post824 in Post News
On September 22, 2009 National Commander-in-Chief Tommy Tradewell presented Venner Milewski, II with a State Recruiter's garrison cap and congratulated him for completing his certification. Milewski is the Commander for Hogge-Tate Memorial VFW Post 824, the Judge Advocate for Department of Virginia VFW District 1, and a long-time member of the Department of Virginia's Color Guard Team. (Photo by VFW Post 824 Adjutant-Quartermaster Tom Randall)
Second Annual Picnic Planned for VFW Post and Auxiliary 824
Posted at 2:30 PM on Saturday, September 12, 2009 by post824 in Post News
Our first annual picnic was such a great success that All-American, All-State VFW Post and Ladies Auxiliary 824 is planning a second annual picnic for all Comrades, Sisters, Families and Guests on Saturday, September 19th 2009 at 10 AM at Pavilion 5, Bethel Manor, LAFB. RSVP to Tony Sayago (867-8442) or Flossie Johnson (865-6649) with a head count for you and your family/friends/guests that are planning to attend. Comrades and Sisters with last names A-M please bring dessert (we like cake) and those with last names N-Z please bring side dishes (you can never have enough potato salad). As always, call Adjutant-Quartermaster Tom Randall (570-3181) if you are interested in learning more about our Post, the VFW or how to contact our Auxiliary..
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