VFW Post 296 Auxiliary

12/05/2023

December 5, 1933 - National Prohibition Ends [21st Amendment to the US Constitution ratified; repeals the 18th Amendment which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on Alcohol; the only amendment to repeal a prior amendment; only amendment to have been ratified by state ratifying conventions]

06/28/2023

June 27 is National PTSD Awareness Day in the United States.
June is National PTSD Awareness Month.

06/25/2023

Today is the anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War.
The Korean War began on June 25, 1950.

06/24/2023

VETERNS

Post-9/11 combat veterans' open enrollment period to sign up for Department of Veterans Affairs health care ends Sept. 30.

06/23/2023

06/20/2023

National American Eagle Day

06/20/2023

June 20, 1782 ~ Congress adopted the Great Seal of the United States.

06/20/2023

Please pray for the family, friends, and comrades of
Staff Sgt. Kory Wade

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. – U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kory Wade, a 48th Rescue Squadron medical logistics Airman, was found dead at Roosevelt

06/17/2023

June 17, 1885 ~ The Statue of Liberty arrived in the New York Harbor (packed in 214 cases, a gift of friendship from the people of France, shipped across the Atlantic Ocean arrived in 350 individual pieces; once assembled, she stood 111 feet 6 inches tall and weighed 225 tons, with 154 internal steps from the pedestal to the head of the Statue).

06/17/2023

Happy Birthday United States Navy Hospital Corps!!!
Navy Hospital Corps established -- June 17,1898

06/17/2023

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our COMMANDER!!!
Have a great day Daniel!!!

06/17/2023

Happy Birthday United States Army Corps of Engineers!!
Established June 16, 1775.
[Sorry, I was away yesterday.]

06/16/2023

Please pray for the family, friends, and comrades of
Staff Sgt. Jaime Contreras

The Army said it was not able to provide information about Staff Sgt. Jaime Contreras’ cause of death because it is still under investigation.