WWW.VFWPOST10904.COM
Established:
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Kimberly King
Donald Purinton
~ All American Post~
~ All State Post ~
130 Shelton Road
Manchester, TN 37355
8 January 1990
Monthly Meetings:
6 pm / 18:00
Second Monday of each month
Coffee County Veterans Building
130 Shelton Road; Manchester, TN
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Commander
(215)-554-8836
Email: flygal46@yahoo.com
Senior Vice Commander
County Veterans Service Officer
(931)-581-5422
Email: ccvso1@coffeecountytn.org
For those who wish to continue service to our great country...
The Mission of the VFW
we would love to have you as a member of our Post!
The VFW was established to assist veterans. Our mission is to foster camaraderie among U.S. veterans
of overseas conflicts and to serve our veterans, the military and our community. We advocate on behalf of all veterans.
The purposes of the VFW are patriotic, fraternal, historical, charitable and educational.
To preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members and to assist worthy comrades.
To perpetuate the memory and history of our dead and to assist their surviving spouses and orphans.
To maintain true allegiance to the United States and fidelity to its institutions of freedom
and to preserve and defend the United States from all enemies.
Click Here for a complete list of all Programs the VFW offers.
We encourage and welcome all qualifying veterans to join our Post
and support our veterans, our families, and our country.
Post contact information, as well as qualifying information, is listed below.
Congratulations Post!!
I received a call from VFW Department of Tennessee, today, 2 May 2023,
to let us know that we have been awarded
the Community Service Award, for the State of Tennessee, for a second year in a row.
We earned this award because of the many events we put on in our community and for the
number of post members who perform this work.
Thank you again to all of our Post members who made this award possible!
Our monthly meetings are held at the
Join us for fellowship, smiles and a great time.
Join us as we dispose of old, tattered and/or worn American flags.
Thank you to our super sponsor
Coffee County Veterans Association building located at
130 Shelton Road; Manchester, TN.
Our next meeting will be held on 12 June 2023.
All are welcome!
The ceremony will discuss the reasons we respect our flag and more.
There will be veterans from the DAV, VFW and American Legion as most of us
are members of all 3 service organizations.
Bring a yard chair and join us for this informative and honorable event.
VFW Monthly Fundraiser Breakfast - 24 June 2023
Come and join us for breakfast served with smiles.
Take out available!
Open to the public!
Humana
Our Post now has dates for our major events for this year.
This is just a partial list and does not include our meetings, Operation Joy performances
or fundraiser breakfasts.
Those events are listed separately further down on this website.
Smyrna Air Show
June 10-11; Smyrna, TN
Flag Day Ceremony
June 14th; Post building
Hardee's All-Star Veterans Concert/Craft Fair
June 30th
VFW National Convention
July 22-27th; Phoenix, Arizona
Car Show
July 27th; Post building
All-American Celebration
August 12th
Patriot Day Ceremony
September 11th; Post building
Halloween at the Post
October 21st; Post building
Veterans Day Parade and Ceremony
November 11th; Manchester
Coffee County Veterans Christmas Party
December 9th; Post building
Wreaths Across America
December 16th; Manchester and various locations
Post Officers for 2023 to 2024
Welcome to our Newest Members:
William Stowe
Army; Vietnam
Laura Gebhardt
Navy; Gulf Wars
Thomas Dzwonkus
Air Force; Gulf Wars
Ronald Bailey
Air Force; Gulf Wars
Rich Johnson
Marine Corps/Air Force; Gulf Wars
Daniel Scott Torres
Navy; Afghanistan
Martin Blanchet
Army; Korea
Frank Wonder
Navy; Persian Gulf
Carl Hills
Navy; Vietnam
Raymond Lewis
Navy; Vietnam
Shannon Maze
Army; Iraq
James Hall
Navy; Iraq
Patriotic Days We Acknowledge and Cherish
VFW Post 10904 celebrates and honors all patriotic days and events including the following:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - 18 Jan
Four Chaplains Day - 3 Feb
National Vietnam War Veterans Day - 29 March
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day- 9 April
Loyalty Day - 1 May
National Military Spouse Appreciation Day - 11 May
Armed Forces Day - 20 May
Memorial Day - 28 May
Flag Day - 14 June
Independence Day - 4 July
American POW's in Hiroshima Killed on the day of the Bombing - 6 August
National Purple Heart Day - 7 August
Patriot Day - 11 Sept
POW/MIA Day - 21 Sept
National VFW Day - 29 Sept
Gold Star Mother's Day - 30 September
Veterans Day - 11 Nov
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day - 7 Dec
Operation Joy Music/Comedy Program
Note:
Please contact CDR King for a schedule of Operation Joy events.
Operation Joy is a Bob Hope style music and comedy program we provide
for free to several assisted living centers.
Below are the addresses for the homes we visit each month:
Autumn Oaks Senior Living
1621 McMinnville Hwy
Manchester, TN
Morning Pointe Assisted Living
711 Kings Lane
Tullahoma, TN
McArthur Manor Assisted Living
119 Bryan Ave
Manchester, TN
Brookdale Assisted Living
801 Wilson Ave
Tullahoma, TN
All are welcome to join us. It's great fun!
Please contact Kimberly King at flygal46@yahoo.com
or phone 251-554-8836 for additional information.
Our Post Awards
VFW National All-American Post
4 years consecutive (2018 - 22)
VFW Department of Tennessee All-State Post
5 years consecutive (2017 - 22)
VFW National Award of Merit
3 awards (2018 - 19 - 22)
VFW National Post Special Project Award
2 awards (2018 - 21)
VFW National Membership Award
4 awards (2017 - 22)
VFW National Smart/Maher Teacher's Award
(2018)
VFW Department of Tennessee Community Service Award
2 Awards (2022 - 23)
VFW Department of Tennessee Smart/Maher Teacher's Awards
9 awards (2018 - 2022)
VFW Department of Tennessee Commander's Membership Award
5 awards (2018 - 22)
VFW Department of Tennessee Community Service Awards
5 awards (2018 - 22)
VFW Department of Tennessee Balsom V. Perry Award
(2021)
VFW Department of Tennessee Cooper T. Holt Award
Howard Thompson winner
Department of Defense Vietnam War Commemoration Award
(2018)
Governor's Volunteer Star Award
3 winners:
Claude Morse, Ed Reader, Sr and Andrew Hetrick (Eagle Scout)
Our District Awards include:
Veterans and Military Support Programs Award
5 awards (2017 - 22)
Community Service Award
5 awards (2017 - 22)
Attendance Award
5 awards (2017 - 22)
Citizenship Education Teacher Award
3 awards (2017 - 22)
Outstanding Patriot's Pen Award
3 awards (2017 - 22)
Outstanding Voice of Democracy Award
3 awards (2017 - 22)
Please click Here to view a few photos
of some of our events, projects, members and award winners.
Please click HERE to view information
on becoming a member of our post.
Community Service Programs
Click on the title to access information on the following awards and programs:
These awards include Emergency Medical Technician, Law Enforcement and Firefighter.
Click here for more info:
Public Safety Award Information
Emergency Medical Technician, Law Enforcement or Firefighter Award Submission Form
Click Here to listen to Emily Ezell, elementary school teacher from Cowan Elementary
describe how winning the National VFW Citizenship Education Teacher award changed her life.
Entry form for 2022-2023 VFW Teacher of the Year Award
Smart/Maher VFW Citizenship Education Teacher Award Page 1
Smart/Maher VFW Citizenship Education Teacher Award Page 2
Young American Patriotic Art Contest
Open to students in grades 9-12
Patriots Pen and Voice of Democracy Essay Competitions:
Patriots Pen Essay Contest
Grades 6-8
Rules and Eligibility for the Patriots Pen Essay Contest
2022-23 Patriot's Pen Essay Contest Brochure
Voice of Democracy Essay Contest
Grades 9-12
2022-23 Voice of Democracy Essay Contest Brochure
Rules and Eligibility for the Voice of Democracy Essay Contest
For a complete list of VFW Community Service Programs
please Click Here
VFW Action Corps Weekly
What is National VFW working on this week?
Check out the latest news and information at
VFW Action Corps Weekly
Thank you for considering a donation!
Donations made to our Post go strictly to veterans needs, programs or community
charitable organizations we support.
VFW Post and General Links:
VFW Post 10904
Facebook Page
VFW Post 10904
Membership Information
Remember our Fallen Heros in Afghanistan
Photo of our 13 fallen hero's in the recent withdrawl from Afghanistan
(Click on the photo for a larger view of the display)
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Please Click Here to explain our Toy Soldier Project.
Information on the project can be found
at the bottom of the
Vietnam War Facts Website.
Coffee County Veterans Association
Coffee County TN Service Officer
Donald Purinton
VFW Post 10904 Patriots Pen / Voice of Democracy Essay Competition and
A video of the entire ceremony can be seen at this YouTube video link:
Also, enjoy viewing a slide show of all the award winners which you can
see in the video link below:
For information on the VFW Post 10904
This site has been updated 23 May 2023
This Page Has Been Visited
Teachers of the Year Past Award Winners
Proud member of the
Department of Defense Vietnam Commemoration
8 March 2021
VFW Post 10904 Awards Night
VFW Award Winners Slide Show
Manchester Veterans Day Parade
2nd Annual Manchester Veterans Day Parade
American Veteran POW's Killed in Hiroshima
King's Nuclear Weapons Fascinating Facts
VFW Post 10904
2021 Veterans Honors Day and Fair
13 and 15 May 2021
Veterans Killed in Vietnam From Coffee County - Tennessee
Thompson Jewelers
Veteran owned and operated.
Has our highest recommendation.
Best jeweler in Tennessee
Central Funeral Home
Proud sponsor of VFW Post 10904
Clower Automotive
Please support Ron and Cyndi Clower and their Auto Repair Shop.
They are members of our VFW Post.
Proud sponsor of all veterans in Coffee and surrounding counties.
Mission BBQ
Veterans owned, operated and recommended restaurant. 
Veteran Legal and Social Service Resources in Tennessee
Lawyers for Warriors
Legal aid, advice and lawyers in Tennessee for Veterans. 
Black Rifle Coffee
Veterans owned, operated and recommended coffee.
Vietnam-Era Honors Dinner Video; 28 March 2019
Department of Defense
Vietnam War Commemoration
Vietnam-Era Honors Day at Manchester Square - March 2018
Filmed by Lamar Wilkie, Chief Petty Officer, U.S. Navy - Retired
Honor Flight of Middle Tennessee
Coffee County Wreaths Across America Facebook Page
Military Discounts Offered by Stores, Services or Online
Great source of information on discounts for military and their families.
ASVAB Test; Practice Test and Study Guide
Operation Gratitude
Care packages sent to military and how to contribute or join.
Thunder Radio
Support those who support us. Thunder Radio is our partner in all events helping or
related to veterans. Join them at radio FM station 106.7 or 107.9.
Also available at AM station 1320
A Winning Attitude is is where we purchase our event t-shirts, post polo shirts and plaques.
Highly recommended for anyone having an event, cause or need.
Located in Manchester near the square.
please contact:
Kimberly King
Commander, VFW Post 10904
2658 Gap Road; Altamont, TN 37301
flygal46@yahoo.com
Phone: 251-554-8836 Please email me your questions, comments
or information pertaining to our Post.
Happy to serve!
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