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4/25/2025 - This year the VFW enters its 125th year of service to America’s veterans. We are honoring the impacts and the achievements that will continue to positively impact the lives of all future generations of veterans, forever.

3/14/2017 - Kansas City, Mo. - The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) Auxiliary is excited to announce that it has achieved more than 100 percent in membership for the second consecutive year. Nearly 470,000 male and female members representing all 50 states, the District of Columbia and foreign-based Auxiliaries stand united in their support of our nation’s veterans, active-duty service members and their families. “Membership is the foundation of our organization’s...

2/28/2017 - In honor of Women's History Month, the VFW will highlight the strength and perspective of women in service by sharing our members' stories. Watch for these stories throughout the month on our social media accounts.

9/25/2014 - On the evening of September 29, 1899, thirteen men — veterans who had fought on Cuba during the Spanish-American War — gathered at a tailor shop in Columbus, Ohio. They shared their accounts of what was then, the most popular war in America’s history, but further, to discuss how they could assist their fellow veterans and the dependents of their fallen comrades. These men could not have known then what would grow from such humble beginnings. The simple and self...

11/3/2014 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – November in America traditionally is a month of thankfulness, and the Defense Department chose this month to recognize those who support the nation’s armed forces but who don’t wear the uniform: military families. Barbara Thompson directs the department’s Office of Family Policy, Children and Youth, and Special Needs. She recently spoke with DoD News about Military Family Month and why it matters. “In November, we take the time to draw atten...

10/11/2012 - The United States Navy was founded 237 years ago this Saturday, Oct. 13. Throughout our history, this branch of service has played a crucial role in defending our nation and fighting for freedom around the world, having served with distinction in every single American war. When our nation has been threatened, the members of the United States Navy have always answered the call. Today, Sailors are deployed around the world, and thousands of others are here in Amer...

1/3/2012 - 2011 was a hugely successful year for VFW National Military Services and its programs, which continued to extend support and assistance to service members and their families. VFW Operation Uplink™ hosted 24 “Free Call Days” for troops stationed overseas for the second consecutive year. Over 1.3 million connectionswere made by service members to their loved ones by accessing the Free Call Days through MWR Internet Cafes in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait. The 2012 Free Ca...

4/30/2010 - The freedom and security that citizens of the United States enjoy today are direct results of the bloodshed and continued vigilance given by the United States Armed Forces over the history of our great nation. In 2004, U.S. Congress passed a resolution proclaiming May as National Military Appreciation Month, calling all Americans to remember those who gave their lives in defense of freedom and to honor the men and women of our Armed Services who have served and are now ...

3/3/2009 - The VFW vigorously took on the fight to make The Star-Spangled Banner this country’s national anthem. In 1928, the U.S. was the only modern nation in the world without a sanctioned national ballad—a flagrant lapse VFW was determined to set right. It was Walter I. “Daddy” Joyce, director of the National Americanization Committee, who led the crusade. The Star-Spangled Banner had been played and sung with varying degrees of success for some 100 years. The uplifting words ...

11/10/2023 - WASHINGTON — For the members the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), as well as the millions of others who have worn the cloth of our military, all veterans share a common bond. At one time in their lives, they raised their right hand and solemnly swore an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States.” No matter if they served for two years or 42 years, all veterans sacrificed something to serve their country, and if called upon, to lay down their lives ...