Ceremonies
The VFW Code of Sportsmanship will be given prior to each game. The Pledge of Allegiance and National anthem will follow the code of sportsmanship prior to the first game each day.
Opening ceremonies will be between games 2 & 3 at 2:15 p.m. the colors will be presented by color guards composed of members of VFW Post 3061.
VFW Code of Sportsmanship
I will:
- Keep the rules.
- Keep faith with my teammates.
- Keep my temper.
- Keep myself fit.
- Keep a stout heart in defeat.
- Keep my pride under in victory.
- Keep a sound soul, a clean mind and a healthy body.
The Pledge of Allegiance
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
The National Anthem
O say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
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VFW State Officers
2024-2025
State Commander
Dave Baumiller
Newell
Past State Commander
Tom Hafner
Parkston
Quartermaster
Anna Waltner
Asst. Dir. Baseball Operations
Ben Lester
Madison
Sr. Vice Commander
Glynis Collier
Pierre
Jr. Vice Commander
Martin Christensen
Mitchell
Surgeon
Rick Vandenhoek
Brandon
Judge Advocate
Rob Harrington
Armour
Inspector
Allan Ochsner
Aberdeen
Chief of Staff
Dwight Griffee
Sturgis
South Dakota VFW Baseball Committee
2024-2025