The VFW 8577

04/03/2026

Saturday at 930 pm at the VFW 8577. Adult Easter egg hunt, drink chips maybe in the eggs. Come have a couple on us if u find them.

12/07/2025

December 7, 1941 is the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Please take a moment to remember the many lives lost that day.

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With profound sadness and a solemn, enduring reverence, we pause to remember the 1,177 brave souls who found their final, eternal resting place aboard the USS Arizona on that devastating day in Pearl Harbor. Their final act was one of unfathomable courage. In a moment of sudden, blinding violence, as a single, catastrophic strike breached the forward magazine, these men faced the ultimate test. They did not waver. They stood their post with unyielding heroism, embodying the highest ideal of duty and sacrifice.🕊️🇺🇸⚓

Their loss was a staggering blow, nearly half of all who fell on that day, yet their legacy is not defined by tragedy, but by the resounding echo of their bravery. They are the silent, enduring sentinels beneath the waves, their submerged vessel a sacred crypt and an unforgettable monument to their valor.

Let us hold their memory as a perpetual flame. Their sacrifice was the price of freedom, their story a poetic testament to the depth of human courage. Though the years pass, the Arizona remains, and so too does the enduring gratitude for the men who gave their last full measure of devotion.

10/03/2025

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05/27/2025

05/27/2025

COPPERAS COVE— While a Memorial Day ceremony planned by the city of Killeen was scrapped Monday due to rain, one veterans group in Copperas Cove did go ahead with an

05/27/2025

Memorial Day Ceremony 2025

Cove VFW post holds Memorial Day ceremony at city cemetery
By Brent Johnson | Herald staff writer
May 26, 2025

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8577 held a Memorial Day event Monday morning at the Copperas Cove Cemetery.
Hamida Botchway | Herald
COPPERAS COVE— While a Memorial Day ceremony planned by the city of Killeen was scrapped Monday due to rain, one veteransgroup in Copperas Cove did go ahead with an event to honor fallen comrades at the city’s primary cemetery.
Members of Veterans of Foreign Wars “Olan Forest Smith” Post 8577 assembled alongside local Scout groups for a briefremembrance Monday morning at the Copperas Cove Cemetery, the final resting place of the post’s namesake.
“As veterans, we know that we gather not for barbecues, sales, or the unofficial start of summer,” post commander Ron Abrahamsontold a few dozen people under shelter amid overcast skies. “We gather to remember, we gather to honor, we gather to pay tribute tothe men and women who gave their last full measure of devotion to this nation.”
Abrahamson reminded those present that American troops who have fought and died for their country were “ordinary people” who “leftbehind families, dreams and futures, all for something larger than themselves.”
“For those of us who have served, for those of us who have lost friends and brothers and sisters-in-arms, it’s so much more — it’s aday etched in blood, forged in sacrifice and hallowed by the memory of heroes .”
Post and auxiliary officers laid a wreath and played taps for fallen service members before breaking to open up the post home to thepublic for a free lunch.
Army Pvt. Olan Forest Smith, a 28-year-old rancher from Copperas Cove, was serving during World War II with A Company, 110thInfantry Regiment, First Army when he was wounded by enemy gunfire in the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest, according to a biographypage on the post website. Smith died in Germany from his injuries while receiving medical treatment and was buried at an American cemetery in Belgium, from which his remains were later brought home to Central Texas.
Smith’s grandson attended Monday’s event, having traveled up from Austin to visit his grandfather’s grave.
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05/16/2025

MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY!!!

On May 26 at 10AM, FW Post 8577 will hold a ceremony at the Copperas Cove City Cemetary. The public is invited to join us in our solemn ceremony to pay tribute to our fallen veterans. We have chosen to hold the ceremony at the City Cemetary in part because that is where our namesake, Olan Forrest Smith is laid to rest.

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VFW Post 8577 invites the public to join us for a free lunch at the post starting at noon on May 26.

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05/14/2025

Its Flag Day on June 14! come out to VFW Post 8577 at 10AM for our Flag Day ceremony.

Enjoy a loop of Robin Williams as the Flag:

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