Veteran services, Support groups, Scholarships

Rusk County Memorial VFW Post 8535

Joined Community Fuse November 29th, 2023

Date Founded* 8/1/1945

We are an organization that provides resources to our veterans, the military, and our communities in Rusk County, Texas. Open to the public!

Hours of Operation:

  • Th: 6pm - 12am
  • F: 6pm - 12am
  • Sat: 6pm - 1am

Phone number: (903) 657-8965

Address: 2319 State Highway 322 N, Henderson, Texas 75652

Services/Resources offered at Rusk County Memorial VFW Post 8535

Our services are provided at no-cost

Eligibility Requirements: For most services, only need to be a Veteran, for organization membership, must be a Veteran who served in a combat location

Areas we serve: Rusk county

Contact: Christine Grover - Adjutant/Secretary / email: adj@vfw8535.org

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We currently need Financial Donations

  • Your donation helps us serve those who gave and continue to give it all. Please contact us for more information.
  • Grants - We have some capital projects such as a new flagpole and power outside to the front of the building.

Volunteer Opportunities Please email adj@vfw8535.org for more information.

Mission: The purpose of this Corporation shall be fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational: to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members; to assist worthy comrades; to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead; and to assist their widows and orphans; to maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States of America, and fidelity to its Constitution and laws; to foster true patriotism; to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom, and to preserve and defend the United States from all her enemies.

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Website - https://vfw8535.org/di/vfw/v2/default.asp

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VFW8535

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Contact Information:

Address: 2319 State Highway 322 N, Henderson, Texas 75652, Henderson, Texas
Phone: (903) 657-8965

Service Areas:

Rusk County, TX

Cost/Fees:

Free
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Headquarters:
2319 State Highway 322 N, Henderson, Texas 75652, Henderson, Texas

Rusk County Memorial VFW Post 8535

The VFW traces its roots back to 1899 when veterans of the Spanish-American War (1898) and the Philippine Insurrection (1899-1902) founded local organizations to secure rights and benefits for their service: Many arrived home wounded or sick. There was no medical care or veterans' pension for them,and they were left to care for themselves.

In their misery, some of these veterans banded together and formed organizations with what would become known as the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. After chapters were formed in Ohio, Colorado and Pennsylvania, the movement quickly gained momentum. By 1915, membership grew to 5,000; by 1936, membership was almost 200,000.

Since then, the VFW's voice had been instrumental in establishing the Veterans Administration, creating a GI bill for the 20th century, the development of the national cemetery system and the fight for compensation for Vietnam vets exposed to Agent Orange and for veterans diagnosed with Gulf War Syndrome. In 2008, VFW won a long-fought victory with the passing of a GI Bill for the 21st Century, giving expanded educational benefits to America's active-duty service members, and members of the Guard and Reserves, fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The VFW also has fought for improving VA medical centers services for women veterans.

Besides helping fund the creation of the Vietnam, Korean War, World War II and Women in Military Service memorials, the VFW in 2005 became the first veterans' organization to contribute to building the new Disabled Veterans for Life Memorial, which opened in November 2010.

Annually, the nearly 2 million members of the VFW and its Auxiliaries contribute more than 8.6 million hours of volunteerism in the community, including participation in Make A Difference Day and National Volunteer Week.

From providing over $3 million in college scholarships and savings bonds to students every year, to encouraging elevation of the Department of Veterans Affairs to the president's cabinet, the VFW is there.

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