VFW Post 10147 Apopka/Altamonte Springs

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Post 10147 Celebrates the Troops With a Wartime Museum to Preserve the Heroic Efforts of GIs Who Fought on Foreign Soil
Modern Facility Rental
 
The 10,000 sq ft plus event facility is available for rent. We have held weddings, birthdays, quincineras, bar mitvahs, political campaign fund raisers, Chamber of Commerce programs, religious, and various other events since we opened in 2006.
 
Rosa Figueroa Sings at a Relay
for Life Event held on 03 19 2007
 
10,000 Sq Ft Main Room
 

Facility Amenities

 

Floor Plan

 

Directions to Post

 
Contact Marv Suriff or submit a message to him on the Contact Us page for more rental information.
Donations that help Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle
 
  • Soap, shampoo, etc. (travel size) for the VA Nursing Home and needy children.
  • Glasses for needy Apopkans.
  • Tabs from aluminum cans for the Ronald McDonald Home.
  • Empty pill bottles (remove labels).
  • Museum items: uniforms, guns, knives, patches, insignia, or any military items.
 
 
Wartime Museum 
 
Our museums includes memorabila of foreign wars since World War I. Our members and Central Florida residents have contributed uniforms, patches, insignia, flags, pictures, books, models, and documentary videos covering a century of their lives and their those of their loved ones. 
 
The premier item of the museum is Jon Echon's leather flight jacket from WWII (on right). He wore this flight jacket for 35 missions over Germany. Nearby is his wife's uniform from her service during the same war.
 

Post Dedicates Barrister Case in Honor of SSgt Jeffery Olmstead (USMCR and USAR) on 07 07 2007

 
The museum and community center are always in need of support. Community members are able to dedicate barrister bookcases, chairs, pavers, and other plaques in honor of their loved ones. Just click on the Contact Us page and indicate the that you would like to make a dedication and you will be contacted.
 
 

Commander Vecchio dedicates a bookcase in honor of Cindi Cioci's brother Sgt Peter Syintsakos (b. Dec 14, 1947) who served in Viet Nam from 1966 until his death on July 14, 1967. Post 10147 is grateful for Peter's service to our country