VFW Post 5255 Gwinnett

VFW Post 5255 Gwinnett What is a Vet? She - or he - is the nurse who fought against futility and went to sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang.

He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers didn't run out of fuel. He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th parallel. He is the POW who went away one person

and came back another - or didn't come back AT ALL. He is the Quantico drill instructor who has never seen combat - but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account rednecks and gang members into Marines, and teaching them to watch each other's backs. He is the parade - riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals with a prosthetic hand. He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by. He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The Unknowns, whose presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the memory of all the anonymous heroes whose valor died unrecognized with them on the battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep. He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket - palsied now and aggravatingly slow - who helped liberate a Nazi death camp and who wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when the nightmares come. He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being - a person who offered some of his life's most vital years in the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs. He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and he is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation ever known. So remember, each time you see someone who has served our country, just lean over and say Thank You. That's all most people need, and in most cases it will mean more than any medals they could have been awarded or were awarded.

©Father Denis Edward O'Brien

Gwinnett County Flag Day hosted by VFW Post 5255 and Auxiliary. Great turnout and a lot of fun had by all
06/13/2026

Gwinnett County Flag Day hosted by VFW Post 5255 and Auxiliary. Great turnout and a lot of fun had by all

This morning setting up for the Gwinnett County Flag Day Celebration.
06/13/2026

This morning setting up for the Gwinnett County Flag Day Celebration.

06/13/2026

Happy Women's Veterans Day!
Today we celebrate and honor the women who have taken part in defending and upholding our freedoms.

Thank you for your service and dedication to our country!

Huge thanks to Senator Jon Ossoff for the flag flown over the US Capitol in recognition of Post 5255 for the 250th celeb...
06/11/2026

Huge thanks to Senator Jon Ossoff for the flag flown over the US Capitol in recognition of Post 5255 for the 250th celebration of our nations birth.

If you know, you know. Thank you to those that stopped tyranny.
06/06/2026

If you know, you know. Thank you to those that stopped tyranny.

Eric and some of the guys are over at Alexander Park for a recruiting event. If in the area stop in and say hey
06/06/2026

Eric and some of the guys are over at Alexander Park for a recruiting event. If in the area stop in and say hey

Reminder for next Saturday June 13th.
06/04/2026

Reminder for next Saturday June 13th.

Gwinnett Flag Day LLC invites you to attend the 15th Flag Day Annual Flag Day celebration at the VFW Auxiliary Post 5255 - Lawrenceville, Ga- Breakfast will be served free to all attendees before the ceremony complements of the Repented Motorcycle Ministry, Ga. Chapter 14. the program will be presented by members of the Elisha Winn Society, Children of the American Revolution as they explain the Flags from America's past. Happy 249th Birthday to the Flag of the United States of America.

Put this on your Calendars!!!!!
05/27/2026

Put this on your Calendars!!!!!

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368 Grayson Highway
Lawrenceville, GA
30046

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Tuesday 12pm - 9pm
Wednesday 12pm - 9pm
Thursday 12pm - 9pm
Friday 12pm - 9pm
Saturday 12am - 9pm

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