New Approach to Helping Vets on Tap at Renovated VFW Post
Oldest VFW Post moving in the right direction!
February 22, 2012
By Chuck
Murphy
Denver Post Columnist
One of the first things a visitor to VFW Post 1 notices is the beer tap.
It's disassembled and discarded, in a pile of junk on the floor.
It's a symbol of the change underway at the nation's oldest Veterans of
Foreign Wars chapter, now moving into a building being renovated at 4300 Pecos
St. in Denver.
When it opens in the spring, this VFW will no longer have a bar. In its
place will be offices and volunteers providing services to veterans of every
conflict, but with a particular eye to those returning from Iraq and
Afghanistan.
"I like to drink beer as much as the next person, but there are so many
bars we can go to in the area. We can go to a different bar any time we want
that camaraderie," said Izzy Abbass, commander of Post 1. "But the
real camaraderie comes from helping each other."
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