Read about the important military and veteran issues we've been advocating for, and the ways we're actively supporting our military and veteran family, and local communities every day.

For more than a century, the VFW has been a powerhouse FOR VETERANS. Use these tools to help tell our story and ensure we continue making a difference for the generations of veterans to come.

The 2023 VFW Legislative Conference will be held March 5-9, 2023.  Since 1949, the VFW's annual Legislative Conference has provided an opportunity for VFW leaders from each state to personally lobby their respective lawmakers and watch as the VFW's current Commander-in-Chief testifies on Capitol Hill before the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees on behalf of veterans. Guest speake ...

Every year, thousands of VFW and Auxiliary delegates gather to represent the organization’s more than 1.5 combined membership at the weeklong VFW National Convention. While there, our mission is to approve new national priorities to guide our organization as we lobby Congress on issues important to the nation’s veterans, service members and their families. Convention delegates also ele ...

From our national convention to the annual legislative conference, if you're wondering what's going on at the VFW national level, we've got the scoop. Find out event details and gain access our annual planning calendar right here.

#StillServing: The VFW Podcast is our newest communication platform that will highlight critical issues, challenges and legislation affecting veterans, service members and military families worldwide.

With a circulation of more than 1.2 million, the official VFW magazine has been the voice of the overseas war veteran for more than a century. In November 1904, the first issue of the magazine's predecessor publication appeared for members of a fledgling organization called the American Veterans of Foreign Service.

Commemorating the wars and conflicts of our nation’s past, and honoring all those who served in them is a VFW priority. We help to rally local level support of national endeavors because we know that by working together, America’s heroes will never be forgotten. It’s just another way we are able to give back to those who have sacrificed so much for our way of life.