KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is pleased to announce starting May 1, participating Burger King® franchise restaurants will kick off their annual fundraiser to raise money throughout the month of May in support of the VFW’s National Veterans Service (NVS), helping to ensure the VFW can continue to provide service members, veterans and their families with accredited assistance navigating VA claims processes which is absolutely free. For nearly two d...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to honor our nation’s Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander service members, veterans and their families throughout the month of May. The Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander designation encompasses more than 50 ethnic and linguistic groups living in the United States and its territories that have h...
Statement of Kristina Keenan, Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For the Record United States Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs With Respect To Pending Legislation Washington, D.C. Chairman Moran, Ranking Member Blumenthal, members of the committee, on behalf of the men and women of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) and i...
WASHINGTON – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) today applauded a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Hencely v. Fluor Corp., which restores a critical legal pathway for injured service members seeking accountability from government contractors. In a decision issued April 22, 2026, the court vacated a lower-court ruling that had broadly shielded contractors from liability under the doctrine of “battlefield preemption.” The ruling allows U.S. Army Spc. Winston ...
Like so many of the men he served alongside, Norm Brown enlisted in the U.S. military to give back and do something meaningful. But unlike most of them, he was not an American. Brown, 83, is from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. “When we got out of high school in 1961, me and my two friends were interested in joining the Marines,” he said. “Their parents intervened, so they didn’t end up doing it, but I went over to New York and enlisted.” When asked if he was bothered by...
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