Renew your Annual Membership Here!!1

For VFW members who wish to renew your annual membership, we've now made it super easy. Just click on the link and you can renew online with a credit or check card.

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WLIJ All Veterans Hour

All Vets with Tim Estes

Free Community Concert!!!

Y'all need to put May 2nd on your calendar! Be on the historic Shelbyville Downtown Square and join us for a night of music and appreciation! Concert is Free to everyone! Come see Hunter Girl, Don Goodman, Dave Gibson and other legendary Nashville Songwriters perform!

Hometown Heroes and Harmony

American Legion Bingo Night at the VFW

See the Information Attached!!! American Legion Post 23 will host Bingo Night at the VFW on June 6th at 6 PM. Come out and join us for some fun and prizes. All proceeds will go to serve the Veterans right here in Bedford County!!!!!

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Donate to VFW Post 5019 Here

As a 501(c19) Non-Profit Veterans Organization VFW Post 5019 relies on your continued generous financial support. We are dedicated to serving the Veterans of Bedford County and their families. Please consider making a donation today!

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VFW Post 5019 Monthly Community Breakfast

Every 2nd Saturday of the month VFW Post 5019 holds a Community Breakfast Event at our post. Cost is $10 per plate for adults and $5 per plate for kids under 6. You'll get Eggs, Bacon, Sausage, Hashbrown Casserole, Biscuits and Gravy, and Pancakes! We serve a variety of soft drinks and plenty of coffee. Come out and join us for fellowship and food. You don't have to be a veteran to attend, bring your family and enjoy!!!

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VFW Music Night

Come out and Join us for some foot-stompin' good music! Click the link and get your tickets for the door, only $3 a head!!!

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VFW Pavilion Project Fundraiser

Click the Link Below to Donate now for our Duck River Pavilion Project!

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All Veterans Hour featuring Blair

Check out the latest installment of the WLIJ All Veterans Hour. This week's show features Blair "Rosco" Ross of VFW Post 5019 talking about his experience and all that we are doing in Bedford County.

All Veterans Hour 3-9-26

All Veterans Hour 2-9-26

George Clever talk with Gary and Tommie about the new Marine Corps League Detachment.

George Clever Marine Corps League

All Veterans Hour 2-2-26

Gary, Tommie and Tara talk events and ideas on the show

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All Veterans Hour 1-12-26

Dave Plumley talks with Jimmy and Gary

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All Veterans Hour 12-22-25

Doc Marriott sits in with Gary and Jimmy on the All veterans hour

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All Veterans Hour 11-24-25

VFW Commander Tommie Boleyn on the WLIJ All Veterans Hour

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Post Renovation 2026!

A brand new decor to better serve our Veterans and our Community!

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The All-Veterans Hour 9/13/25

Gary and Jimmy talk to Don Gibson and Mike Corrado about music and its healing powers for our Veterans

All Vets Hour Sep 13, 2025

All Veteran's Hour 9-8-25

VFW Commander Tommie Boleyn and Jimmy Miller talk veteran issues on WLIJ

Radio Show

VFW Auxiliary on WLIJ

Take a listen to our amazing VFW Post 5019 Auxiliary Members talking with Gary and Jimmy!!!!

VFW Auxiliary on the All Veterans Hour

Cooking with a Veteran

Chef Dave Rogers with the Cooking with a Veteran Organization tells us about his organization and how they are engaged with and helping our Veterans.

Chef Dave Rogers

All Veterans Hour 8-11-25

Our member Gary Leverette and his co-host Jimmy Miller sat down for a great interview with some special veterans today, check it out!

All Veterans Hour 8-11-25

VFW Commander on WLIJ All Veterans Hour

VFW Commander Tommie Boleyn sat down with host Gary Leverette and the Grindstone Cowboy folks to discuss the 87th Walking Horse Celebration and our relationship with the Grindstone. Check it out here.

All Veterans Hour 7/28/25

Well Worn Hats

Please give this a listen, the song is incredible

Mike Scanlan Veteran Songwriter

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NATIONAL GUARD

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WELCOME TO POST 5019 SHELBYVILLE

Serving Veterans, Honoring Sacrifice, and Providing the Premier Event Venue in Shelbyville
As yesterday's defenders of freedom, we want to welcome today's military service members into our ranks to become part of our elite group.  Our common bond is the battlefield. Your courage and sacrifice have made a difference in preserving and defending our great Nation. Join us and make a difference in our community.
 
 

 

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Join us as brothers and sisters of America to preserve the rights of veterans and support each other as only those who share in the camaraderie forged by conflict can. 

Commander's Corner

Commander Tommie Boleyn

Always hard to believe how fast time flies, it already August and the summer is almost over. Your VFW has accomplished a lot already this year. 

As we go about our lives it's always a good idea to take a moment to reflect on life. One thing that keeps coming to mind lately is just a fact of life, "No one is going to remember how hard you worked when you started a new task, they're only going to remember how you finished". That statement is true of all we do in life. The start of any new project or idea is filled with stumbles and missteps. As we make progress we apply lessons learned through effort to the task and if we stay at it, we become more successful in achieving the original goal of the project.

Nothing could be truer in your Veteran Organizations. Change is difficult, but growth and success are necessary to improve anything over time. The world changes, priorities change, and personalities definitely transform. 

The rudder of a ship is designed to be operated by the helmsman, but the ship can't move forward without every sailor on that ship doing their part to make a massive object sail across the surface of the ocean. I would ask that everyone do their part to make our veteran's community in Bedford County stronger and more effective in the common mission we have as Bedford County Veterans.  

 As always, if you have questions or you know a Veteran in Need, don't hesitate to reach out to me at (931) 581-0999. Thanks and let's have a great month!!!

Tommie Boleyn

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As yesterday's defenders of freedom...

 ...we want to welcome today's military service members into our ranks to become part of our elite group.

WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, Kosovo, War in Afghanistan, War in Iraq, War on Global Terror and other Peace-Keeping Expeditionary Campaigns throughout the globe.

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 to supporting those who sacrifice so much for this country, veterans, service members in the US Armed Forces, and their families and continues to be a voice for returning and currently deployed service members and their families.

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Important Info for Post5019 Members

United Veterans Council of Bedford County Annual Meeting

The United Veterans Council of Bedford County will hold its annual membership meeting on September 25th, 6pm at VFW Post 5019

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Essay Contests

Post 5019 is sponsoring two essay contests for Bedford County Students.

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Statewide News

News & Info from your department

Grand Old Opry Salute to the Troops

The event is Grand Ole Opry’s Salute the Troops concert event sponsored by Humana. May 21 at the Grand Old Opry 7:00 PM show time

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Tennessee State Convention 20-22 June

This is the annual meeting for department elections.

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National News

Important info from National VFW

VFW Elects Cory Geisler as National Commander

RENO, Nev. - Cory L. Geisler of Hartland, Wisconsin, was elected today as commander-in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)...

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VFW Presents Acclaimed John A. Biedrzycki Award

RENO, Nev. - The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) has selected Army veteran Colin Anderson as its 2025-2026 John A. Biedrzycki Accre...

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That the purpose of this Corporation shall be fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational: to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members; to assist worthy comrades; to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead; and to assist their widows and orphans; to maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States of America, and fidelity to its Constitution and laws; to foster true patriotism; to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom, and to preserve and defend the United States from all her enemies.