VFW Posts Celebrate 75th and 100th Anniversaries

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Oklahoma City, OK. (October 21st, 2020) – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce VFW Posts 474 Muskogee, 539 Henryetta and 577 Tulsa will be celebrating 100 years of serving the needs of local veterans and their families on October 24th, 2020. They will be joined by VFW Posts 4465 Clinton, 4446 Stigler, 1201 Ada, 4574 Ardmore, 4938 Edmond, 4876 Altus, 4578 Guthrie, 4859 Atoka and 4890 Norman who are celebrating 75 years of service.

The Centennial and Diamond Anniversary Award Citations are presented to the Post in recognition of 100 and 75 years respectively of outstanding service to the community.

Hal Roesch, II, National Commander-in-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., will be on hand to recognize the posts. “I send my sincere thanks and appreciation to the members of these VFW Posts for their outstanding record of service to the community, veterans and to the nation over the past 100 & 75 years.”

The presentation ceremony is sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Oklahoma and will take place at 8am at the Wyndham Garden Oklahoma City Airport Ballroom 2101 S. Meridian Ave. OKC, OK 73108.

About the VFW: The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is the nation's largest and oldest major war veterans organization. Founded in 1899, the congressionally-chartered VFW is comprised entirely of eligible veterans and military service members from the active, Guard and Reserve forces. With more than 1.6 million VFW and Auxiliary members located in over 6,000 Posts worldwide, the nonprofit veterans service organization is proud to proclaim “NO ONE DOES MORE FOR VETERANS” than the VFW, which is dedicated to veterans’ service, legislative advocacy, and military and community service programs. For more information or to join, visit our website at www.VFW.org.