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property. They could have kept or sold Post 1150’s building, as state officials were not required to give the building to the rescue squad.

Post 1150 is the third post in Virginia to lose its charter this year. The other two were in Brookneal and Monterey.

History

Post 1150 has always shared its building with Sperryville’s emergency responders. From the time the building was built in 1949 until 1969, the post shared the space with the Sperryville Volunteer Fire Department, according to Rescue Squad Vice President Ray Boc. In 1969, the rescue squad moved into the fire department’s space and has been responsible for maintaining the property for the past 38 years.

Boc said rescue-squad members were a bit worried about what would happen to them if the VFW lost its charter, but they had not made any

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