Article & Photos by Jacqueline Bennett newsandviewsjb.com   A “For Sale” sign dominates the corner lot where Veterans of Foreign Wars Anderson Shea Post 2046 building has stood since the 1940’s in Manchester, Connecticut.   The VFW has troubles. It has fallen into disrepair and cannot come up with money to maintain the building, according to newspaper reports. But the troubles run deeper. Reflecting a national trend, membership is declining, down by 200 members from more than 500 to 300 in the last five years, according to the Hartford Courant. For at least a decade, similar stories have been told from California to Minnesota and now Connecticut.   Speculation is that the ranks of these folks who faced down Russian Communism and the Third…