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2024 Fall Festival

This year’s Fall Festival will be held on Friday, September 6th through Sunday, September 8th. We will be serving food all three days. The menu will consist of Roast Beef sandwiches, fried foods, such as french fries, chicken wings, onion rings, cheese curds, frozen grapes, and pickles-on-a-stick, plus soda and water.


The Fall Festival Parade will be held on Sunday, with the Roscoe VFW Color Guard leading the parade. Step-off will be at 11:00 AM.


Set-up for Fall Festival will be Thursday, September 5th at 4:00 PM. Help will be needed for set-up, and for serving and cooking all three days of the Fall Festival; Friday, Sept. 6, 5 - 10 PM; Saturday, Sept. 7, 10:00 AM - 10 PM; and Sunday,


Sept. 80, from Noon - 6:00 PM.


Please volunteer to help, if only for a couple of hours!

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Historical Happenings

By Tom Cleland • September 3, 2024
September 2 - VJ Day - 79th anniversary of the formal surrender of Japan to the Allies. This signing took place onboard the US battleship Missouri.
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How Children perceive their Grandparents

By Tom Cleland • September 3, 2024
Grandma was in the bathroom, putting on her makeup under the watchful eyes of her young granddaughter, as she had done many times before. After she applied her lipstick and started to leave, the little one said, "But Gramma, you forgot to kiss the toilet paper good‑bye!" I will probably never put lipstick on again without thinking about kissing the toilet paper good‑bye.
Blood Donation

VFW Summer 2024 Blood Drive Results

By Tom Cleland • September 3, 2024
The Rock River Valley Blood Center was set up in our Hall on August 13th and 15th. We had a total of eighty-nine people show up to donate blood, with 86 units of blood collected! Thank you to all who donated!
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