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Sep 16 2021

VFW Action Alert: Take Action Now

Congress is voting now on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022. There are two critical amendments that NEED to stay! GWOT Memorial Location Act With the recent end to the conflict in Afghanistan and the 20th commemoration of the attacks on 9/11, NOW is the time to formally honor the more than 2.7 million men and women who served in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). Washington bureaucrats are prohibiting a GWOT Memorial on the National ...
Sep 16 2021

A ‘Very Patriotic’ Town

A VFW Post in Manville, New Jersey, held a Patriot Day ceremony on Sept. 11 to remember veterans of the Global War on Terrorism. VFW Post 2290 Post Commander Andy Henkel said that Post and Auxiliary members wanted to recognize veterans of recent wars during the ceremony. “We want to continue to teach the public, especially the younger generation, about history,” said Henkel, a Vietnam War veteran. “The Global War on Terrorism is not being taught in schools. Little is ta...
Sep 16 2021

'The VFW is Community'

“I am the VFW because the VFW saved me. When I was at my lowest, the VFW brought me back from the edge, giving me another reason to continue #StillServing,” said Dave Rogers, a past All-American Commander at VFW Post 2913 in Patchogue, New York. “The VFW is community. This is why I’m proud to say ‘I am the VFW.’” Rogers served in the U.S. Army for 14 years and was deployed during Operation Desert Storm. After transitioning out of the military, he struggled to navigate th...
Sep 16 2021

A New Communication Platform

One of VFW’s newest communication mediums is available to all members, veterans and the public. Listeners of #StillServing: The VFW Podcast can expect to hear about current information on key veterans’ legislation, education and financial assistance programs, as well as national veterans’ services and VFW’s critical initiatives. “When it comes to what I think my audience would like to hear, I always draw from my life experiences - as a surviving military dependent, as a...
Sep 15 2021

VFW Celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to celebrate our nation’s service members and veterans of Hispanic heritage from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 – National Hispanic Heritage Month. The month’s designation encompasses the anniversaries of independence for seven Latin American countries and commemorates the heritage of U.S.-born and naturalized Hispanic American citizens, as well as immigrants to the United States from the 20 Latin American countries. Th...

 

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