On Oct. 4 last year, VFW offi cials and members gathered at Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio, to commemorate the 126th anniversary of VFW’s humble beginnings in the back room of a tailor shop in 1899. At the cemetery, VFW and Auxiliary members marched in the parade, which ended at the gravesite of James Romanis, one of the founding fathers of VFW. After returning home from fighting in t...