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PATRIOT HALL
Gerald Gleason
is our Hall Manager
VFW in the News
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Bill Phillips
Have a VFW
member speak to your group about how to help our soldiers and their families in
the war.
Our Post
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with permission of the newspaper or are used with the permission of the
photographer
Daniel A. Bernath |
Hall Rentals and Bldg Mgr
Post Member Page Coming events:
“The Wall” is located in the
triangle between Fred Meyer and K-Mart in Tualatin. We post the seven US
Flags on “The Wall” to commemorate important dates in history.
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Membership Requirements click here Meeting schedule: The Post and Auxiliary
meet on the first Monday of each month at 7 pm.
Comrade
R. C. (Bob) Chrisman Comrade David F. DeHart Comrade Kevin Dunne Comrade Carlos Gonsalves
Comrade Richard Pasini Comrade Bill Phillips
Comrade Dale Potts
Comrade Howard V.
Ramsey Comrade Parzy Rose Comrade Greg Stadler Comrade Al Turner What the VFW Post 3452 does for our community, all of metropolitan Portland Oregon and our country...
Post (503) 691-1126
Veterans in Need FISHER ROBERT Refisher@verizon.net MANDERFELD WILLIAM brilling38@aol.com DALTON LOIS cuddeford@aol.com DeHART DAVID david@dehart.com GLEASON WILLIAM Doris@solidnet.com STADLER GREG greg_stadler@msn.com PORCELLI CHARLES porcejoan@integraonline.com TOMASOVIC ROBERT tomasovic1@comcast.net |
Why you should join the Veterans of Foreign Wars
1.
Fellowship: We
gather to share good times with fellow veterans who have been in a foreign
conflict, war, expeditionary campaign or part of occupation force. We
gather not just to tell war stories and see who can tell the biggest and
bestest, but to simply be in the presence of others who understand what
was an important part of our life. Who can do that better than another
vet.
We don't ever want to forget who we are and where we came from. Our military backgrounds were an influence that helped shape our lives. The best way for us to be a "positive force for good" in the community is to take our collective experience and wisdom and share it with others. Getting together with other vets allows us to reaffirm who we are and what our core values are. Participation states what is important to us.
2.
Opportunity:
Opportunity abounds at the individual as well as group level. There are
opportunities for service to the post, other veterans, the community at
large, business community, faith communities, families, schools,
government groups, youth, etc. There are opportunities for everyone to
direct their energies into service projects, leadership, communications,
and other contributions while making new friends and learning from the
experience of others in the post.
The questions that always comes mind are " What opportunities are available at the present and am I really aware of ALL of them?" How can I contribute? Where are my energies best invested? What is the ultimate impact of my investment of time and energy? Will it help? Can I make a difference?
3.
Representation:
The VFW supports our causes as concerns as veterans. The best way to stay
abreast of the issues that affect us is to participate in a unique
organization that gives us the "representation" we need at the local,
state and federal levels. The word means to serve as an example; to serve
as a delegate or agent. I could go on for quite a bit about this one, and
I'm sure you could too.
Without some organization, veterans would be tossed about and discarded on the scrap heap of life as "has beens." The all too common attitude is "been there, done that, got the t-shirt." The truth is that most people have not been there and done that and worn the t-shirt (uniform). So they need to get an accurate picture of what a war veteran is and what he is not. Let us not leave this job
up to the news media or Hollywood. They can present a distorted image of
the veteran, as was done during the Vietnam era. So, the best way to make
sure that the public has the truth is to be proactive and do our own
communicating, public relations and service projects.
by Greg Stadler
History and Purpose of
the Founded in 1899 by veterans
of the Spanish-American War, the Veterans of Foreign Wars was incorporated
by Congress in 1953 www.vfw.org
Other Veteran Organizations Parade for 671st Engineers on May 1, 2004
click here
History of Major Axel Rasmussen Before the beginning
of World War Two, twenty three overseas veterans gathered on August 31,
1940. Before the evening was over, they had elected officers and decided on
the name Axel Rasmussen VFW. Major Rasmussen,
brother of charter member R. W. Rasmussen, was a member of the U.S. Army
First Division and was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross by the
United States and Croix de Guerre by the Government of France. He was killed
on May 4, 1918 in France. Major Axel Rasmussen
Post 3452 was officially charted on October 25, 1940. The first vote of the
Post was to form a Ladies Auxiliary. Twenty three ladies proceeded to
organize and have been active ever since. The Post first held their meetings
at Winona Grange while the ladies met at the Old Fellows Hall. Over the years, the
Tualatin VFW Post has welcomed veterans from Tigard, Lake Oswego and other
areas. The Post meets in its own building now at 8455 SW Seneca,
Tualatin Oregon. The post building was the major social center for the Tualatin
Community in the 50's and 60's. Weekend dances were open to the community.
Tualatin had fewer than 1,000 people until 1974.
Post 3452 started Tualatin's annual
CRAWFISH FESTIVAL in 1951. Then the river had an abundance of the
critters. Crawfish were cooked in the VFW kitchen and handed out free to
festival attendees in the first years. The festival is now coordinated by
the Tualatin Chamber of Commerce.
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