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For more than a decade, Wayne Moore drove to work on Route 28 every day unaware he was driving right past Rose Hill Cemetery, a historic Black cemetery tucked away in an industrial part of Manassas, Virginia. But the worst part, he says now, was that the cemetery had fallen into disrepair, and the veterans laid to rest there were all but forgotten....
On Dec. 31, WWII veteran and VFW Post 609 member Bernard Long celebrated another year past his centennial birthday with an outpouring of love and recognition from fellow Post 609 members and individuals across the country who were excited to see him turn 108. According to a newspaper article by Jeanne Theismann for the Alexandria Gazette Packet, Po...
Years ago, while working as a firefighter in Rockford, Illinois, Tom Dummer became intrigued by the ideas in a novel he read between dispatches, titled It’s Your Ship by Capt. D. Michael Abrashoff. The novel stresses the importance of building trust by taking the time and effort to listen to colleagues. By trying to incorporate their values a...
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) is demanding that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) immediately rescind its interim final rule changing how disability ratings are evaluated, warning that the policy threatens to unfairly reduce benefits for disabled veterans. In a letter sent yesterday, the VFW raised...
Former Staff Sergeant Donna L. Jefferies, 64, lived in constant pain. She lived with limited mobility and dexterity challenges for 44 years after serving in the Air Force and National Guard. “I come from a military family,” Jefferies said. “My father served in the United States Army during World War II. My brother served in the Na...
WASHINGTON — Yesterday, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published an interim final rule that immediately changes how disability ratings are evaluated, prompting the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) to send a letter outlining its concerns to VA Secretary Doug Collins. For years, courts held that VA could not reduce ratings based on the e...
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“I had a career where I left and did everything in the world and then came back here,” Norman Machelor said. “Here” is Lewiston, New York, where Machelor was born 80 years ago and lives now with his wife, Mary. The two met as students at the University of Buffalo and wed before graduation. Machelor joined the Army soon after...
WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) applauds the federal court’s decision striking down Louisiana’s so-called “PLUS Act” as unconstitutional. This ruling sends a clear message: States cannot rewrite federal law to accommodate companies that rip off veterans – and any state considering similar legislat...
WASHINGTON — DAV (Disabled American Veterans) and the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) have released their co-authored fiscal year (FY) 2027 budget recommendations for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The Veterans Independent Budget(VIB) includes funding recommendations for the VA enterprise from health care to information technology to...
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