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Jul 16 2018

Straight Shooters

When Misael Zaragoza competed in the VFW National Marble Tournament in 1957, it changed his life. He not only garnered the national title that year — defeating 43 other boys — but his career path was set. One of the activities that Zaragoza and his fellow competitors participated in that year was a tour of Boeing’s Seattle, Wash.,...

Jul 12 2018

VFW Launches Campaign to Combat Hunger

After learning that 1 out of 8 Americans doesn’t have enough to eat and that 27 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan vets face hunger daily, VFW is working to put an end to food insecurity. Along with After the Harvest, Harvesters—The Community Food Network and Humana, the VFW launched the campaign “Uniting to Combat Hunger” on J...

Jul 10 2018

Watch the VFW National Convention Live from Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Have your electronic devices ready as the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. begins livestreaming its 119th VFW National Convention in Kansas City this month. More than 10,000 VFW and VFW Auxiliary members are expected to attend the weeklong convention at the Bartle Hall Convention Center in downtown Kansas City, July 21-...

Jul 06 2018

City of Fountains Welcomes the VFW

Those of you attending VFW’s 119th National Convention in Kansas City, Mo., July 21-25, will be glad you did. Located in the heart of America, Kansas City continues to evolve, making it a superb travel destination. Most importantly, it’s home to VFW National Headquarters. While the business of convention is of the utmost importance, the...

Jul 05 2018

Identity Guard Signs on as the Newest VFW Member Benefit

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is pleased to announce it has teamed up with Identity Guard to offer VFW members and their families a special 20 percent discount on identity theft protection with IBM® Watson™ technology. Identity theft affects one in seven Americans with potentially devastating consequen...

Jul 05 2018

A Reminder of Sacrifice

VFW Post 8220 in Belton, Mo., donated $10,000 last October to assist its city parks and recreation department with the completion of a POW/MIA memorial. Post Commander Richard Moon, who served from December 1967 to December 1968 in Vietnam as an infantryman with the 4th Infantry Division, said a groundbreaking is expected this spring. “We wan...

Jul 03 2018

VFW National Commander Statement

“An article in yesterday’s Connecticut Record-Journal depicted an individual, who last night resigned from a leadership position at a VFW Post in Wallingford, as a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan who continues to make disparaging comments via social media. The article also suggests that the VFW condones this type of behavior, which is...

Jul 02 2018

Happy Birthday, America!

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – July 4 marks the birth of our nation and with that a responsibility to remember that America’s first patriots risked everything to fight our War of Independence. Of the estimated 217,000 Americans who served during the eight-year war, more than 4,400 died in combat and almost 6,200 were wounded. Had they lost, all wou...

Jun 29 2018

Most Private Doctors Not Prepared to Treat Veterans

More than 800,000 veterans in New York find it difficult to get quality health care outside the VA, according to a study released in March by the RAND Corp. The nonprofit research organization published a study called “Ready or Not: Assessing the Capacity of New York State Health Care Providers to Meet the Needs of Veterans,” and found ...

Jun 28 2018

VFW Launches New Veteran Employment Tools Program

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is proud to announce the launch of a new VFW Veteran Employment Tools (VET) pilot program to provide transitioning veterans with the necessary hardware to help start careers in the automotive maintenance industry, which often requires its employees to provide their own tools. “...