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NL VFW Post 9545 Celebrates 75th Anniversary and Thanks the Community

On July 17, 2022, VFW Post 9545 Honors Last Charter Member, Wade Krohn with VFW National Proclamation

Larry Paveza, Community Contributor
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Banner (Abe Gomez)
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Post Commander Tim Terrell thanked everyone for their support. (Abe Gomez)
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Wade Krohn accepts his proclamation from VFW National (Abe Gomez)
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Mayor Tim Balderman Congratulates Wade (Abe Gomez)
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Larry Soja and Larry Paveza sign up guests for Free Door prize raffles. 2 65" TVs and a 28" gas griddle from Whitmore Ace and more. (Abe Gomez)
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Double D Pig Roasts getting the food ready to serve! (Abe Gomez)
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Band 6 to 6 cranking out the tunes (Abe Gomez)
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Some of the 600 people that attended (Abe Gomez)
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More people enjoying themselves and having fun celebrating. (Abe Gomez)

Harry E. Anderson VFW Post 9545 & Auxiliary would like to thank the listed Government agencies, businesses, and people for their generous help and or donations to our 75th Anniversary Celebration. With over 600 people in attendance and plenty of food and beverages for everyone, we were able to Honor our Oldest living Charter Member Wade Krohn, Celebrate our 75th Anniversary, and thank the people of the Village of New Lenox and surrounding areas for 75 years of caring and support of our Local Veterans. Without the support of the People of New Lenox and surrounding areas, we would not have been able to Celebrate this momentous occasion.

Thank you to Everyone that worked so hard to make this 75th Anniversary Celebration a tremendous success.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2-65" Samsung TVs from VFW Post 9545, the winner of the 28" Gas griddle from Whitmore Ace in New Lenox, and more winners.

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Harry E. Anderson, VFW Post 9545

Thanks to:

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Village of New Lenox

Mayor Tim Balderman

NLPD

NLES

NLFPD

New Lenox Township

Double D Pig Roasts, Don Bender

Swannel Beverage, Indiana

Kozol Brothers Beverages, Joliet

Bag Pipes – Rich McGuire

Air Quality Inc, HVAC, Wayne Brouwer, New Lenox

The Band “Six 2 Six”

Shamrock Party Rentals, John O’Keefe, New Lenox

Artistic Face Painting, New Lenox

Gina's Teardrop Cafe, New Lenox

Farm 2 Veteran, Manhattan

Inland Arts & Graphics, Char Kilbride, New Lenox

Whitmore Ace Hardware, New Lenox

Berkots Finer Foods, New Lenox

Portable John, Inc Lockport

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