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The VFW vigorously took on the fight to make The Star-Spangled Banner this country’s national anthem. In 1928, the U.S. was the only modern nation in the world without a sanctioned national ballad—a flagrant lapse VFW was determined to set right. It was Walter I. “Daddy” Joyce, director of the National Americanization Commit...
WASHINGTON — Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear the case regarding the Mojave Desert Cross, a veterans’ memorial erected by the VFW in 1934. The memorial was struck down by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals as a violation of the US Constitution, prompting the government to cover the memorial with a la...
How come nothing becomes an issue until the news media declares it an issue? Take for example the 1991 policy barring the press from covering arrival ceremonies of American war dead at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, which was lifted Thursday. The media cried foul when the Dover ban was enacted during the first Gulf war, then again in 2004, whe...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.— The 2009 VFW Mid-Winter Conference and National Council of Administration Meeting was held February 19-22 in Louisville, KY. VFW Commander-in-Chief Glen Gardner opened the general session and guest speakers included VA Secretary, General Eric Shineski, Executive Director of the Disabled Veterans’ Life Memorial Foundat...
WASHINGTON — The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is applauding the chairmen of the Senate and House Veterans Affairs Committees for reintroducing advance funding legislation for the Department of Veterans Affairs. "The VA has had to cope with far too many budgets that came too late to adequately meet the needs ...
Interested in designing a national poster to honor veterans? Then the Veterans Day National Committee would like to hear from you. The committee is seeking submissions for the 2009 national Veterans Day poster. The poster is distributed to more than 110,000 schools nationwide, military installations around the world, and to federal agencies in the...
Our returning OEF/OIF service members have a newly enhanced VA Web site just for them. Launched the week of the Presidential inauguration atwww.oefoif.va.gov, the returning service member’s site offers tailored information on VA services and programs, as well as Internet-savvy video features, stories… even a blog. Hello, Web 2.0!
WASHINGTON— Four of the nation’s leading veterans service organizations are urging the new Administration and Congress to invest $54.6 billion, an increase of $3.6 billion over last year, to adequately meet veterans’ healthcare and benefits needs. The recommendation is contained in TheIndependent Budget(IB)—www.independentb...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Defenseproudly announces a new partnership with Radio America Network. On Sunday, February 8, 2009,The National Defensewill begin airing on forty-four additional affiliates across the country.The National Defense, is the only nationally syndicated talk radio show that focuses exclusively on topics concerning t...
Clyde Lewis, VFW Commander-in-Chief, 1949-1950 died Feb. 4, 2009, at Plattsburgh, N.Y Lewis, an attorney, was the first World War II veteran to attain the highest office in a major U.S. veterans organization. He was elected Commander-in-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the Golden Jubilee Convention in Miami, Florida in 1949. He became act...
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