Simpson VFW Post 4712 Walter Paciga Post

06/19/2026

06/14/2026

Celebrate the Army's Birthday!! Display your Flags for flag day!!

I walked through a county courthouse square
On a park bench, an old man was sitting there
I said, "Your old courthouse is kinda run down"
He said, "Naw, it'll do for our little town"
I said, "Your old flagpole is leaned a little bit"
And that's a ragged old flag you got hanging on it
He said, "Have a seat", and I sat down
"Is this the first time you've been to our little town?"
I said, "I think it is"
He said, "I don't like to brag
But we're kinda proud of that ragged old flag
You see, we got a little hole in that flag there
When Washington took it across the Delaware
And it got powder-burned the night that Francis Scott Key
Sat watching it, writing "Say Can You See"
And it got a bad rip in New Orleans
With Packingham and Jackson tugging at its seams
And it almost fell at the Alamo
Beside the Texas flag, but she waved on though
She got cut with a sword at Chancellorsville
And she got cut again at Shiloh Hill
There was Robert E. Lee, Beauregard, and Bragg
And the south wind blew hard on that ragged old flag
On Flanders Field in World War I
She got a big hole from a Bertha Gun
She turned blood red in World War II
She hung limp, and low, a time or two
She was in Korea, Vietnam
She went where she was sent by her Uncle Sam
She waved from our ships upon the briny foam
And now they've about quit waving her back here at home
In her own good land here, she's been abused
She's been burned, dishonored, denied, and refused
And the government for which she stands
Is scandalized throughout the land
And she's getting threadbare and wearing thin
But she's in good shape for the shape she's in
'Cause she's been through the fire before
And I believe she can take a whole lot more
So we raise her up every morning
We take her down every night
We don't let her touch the ground and we fold her up right
On second thought, I do like to brag
'Cause I'm mighty proud of that ragged old flag"

05/30/2026

4 slots are still available. We also have a team of 2 and team of one you don't need to have the whole team to sign up. Sign up today. Before they are all gone.

05/23/2026

05/23/2026

Good afternoon
Sorry for the late notice. We have to move the ceremony inside due to the weather it will be close to the post at Grattan Singer Hose Company No. 1
At 702 Homestead St, Simpson, PA 18407.
Its looking like another all day rain. Ceremony will start at 11 still.

05/23/2026

Tommorow!!!

Come on out for our annual Memorial Day and Veterans Resource fair on May 24th at 11am.

05/07/2026

Come on out for our annual Memorial Day and Veterans Resource fair on May 24th at 11am.

04/29/2026

The Simpson VFW Post 4712 Walter Paciga Post is pleased to announce that applications for the 2026 school scholarships are now available. Eligible seniors residing in the Carbondale area may obtain an application form at the canteen starting May 4th, 2026, or print it from this website. Contact information is provided on the back of the application. All completed applications and supporting documents must be submitted by May 25th.

04/29/2026

Today I saw a man distributing poppies stop a lady and asked if he could reposition her poppy. While doing so he told that lady she should wear the poppy on their right side; the red represents the blood of all those who gave their lives, the black represents the mourning of those who didn't have their loved ones return home, and the green leaf represents the grass and crops growing and future prosperity after the war destroyed so much. The leaf should be positioned at 11 o'clock to represent the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the time that World War One formally ended. He was worried that younger generations wouldn't understand this and his generation wouldn't be around for much longer to teach them.
🌹 we must remember those from our current wars too!
I copied this from someone else. Please do the same to pass this knowledge on to those who don't know the meaning