Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
VFW Post 8845
VFW Post #8845 — Fort Smith, AR. A post since 1930 — Fort Smith, AR.
- VFW Post #8845
- Fort Smith, AR
VFW Post 8845. Its post has met since 1930 — Fort Smith, AR. The charter came in the years after the World Wars, and the comrades who stayed treated the monthly meeting as a standing promise: show up, look after one another, and leave the town a little better.
Over the years the post has taken on the jobs a town actually asks for: rides to a clinic, a meal after a funeral, help with a ramp, a speaker for a school program. The comrades keep a notebook of what got done and what is still open, and they read it aloud before the meeting adjourns.
Meetings are the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM, at the hall — Fort Smith. This page is a sample so neighbors can see the shape of the work. The group itself has not claimed the page, so the stories here are an illustration, written in the voice the post might use.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the post keeps on the calendar — Fort Smith, AR. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the post might use.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the post awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — Fort Smith, AR.
Community
Community table
Once a month the post sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — Fort Smith, AR.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Post 8845 sends an honor detail with the flag and a few comrades who know the ceremony — Fort Smith, AR.
96
Years on the calendar — Fort Smith
Charter story set in 1930
150 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
28
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of VFW Post 8845, written here as the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM. Confirm with the group before you travel. |
| Mon, May 25, 2026, 11:00 AM | Memorial Day observance | A half-hour observance, then coffee at the hall. The comrades read the names they have been given — Fort Smith, AR. |
| Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 6:00 PM | Community table | A long table at the hall. Veterans first, neighbors welcome, and the comrades bring the food. |
| Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 6:30 PM | Past officers’ night | A short program for people who have held an office, then the regular business of Post 8845. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
VFW Post 8845. The year opens the usual way: a short meeting, a full pot of coffee, and a list of local families the post already knows. The comrades voted to keep the Memorial Day wreath on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — Fort Smith, AR.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for the Memorial Day wreath — Fort Smith
By spring the hall had the Memorial Day wreath underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Post 8845 set a date, split the jobs, and showed up. A few neighbors who are not members came for the afternoon and stayed to ask about the next meeting — Fort Smith.
Aug 21, 2026
What the notebook says so far
Late summer the post looked back at the notebook. The honor detail had been out more than once, the community table had fed a crowded room, and the officers reminded everyone that the next business meeting is the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the post might tell that year — Fort Smith, AR.
Officers
Officers
Commander
Senior Vice Commander
Quartermaster
Chaplain
Adjutant
Membership
Become a member
Eligible veterans and their families are welcome at a meeting of Post 8845 — Fort Smith, AR. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is the second Tuesday at 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — Fort Smith, AR.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — Fort Smith, AR. VFW Post 8845. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
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