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This Veterans Day patriotic businesses across the country are honoring our veterans with discounts. The list below only includes businesses that contacted the VFW directly regarding their Veterans Day discount. Applebee’s This Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 11, Applebee’s restaurants will once again offer a FREE meal to veterans and act...
WASHINGTON — Dozens of wounded warriors will once again converge on CrossFit Rubicon in Vienna, Va., this Saturday for the second annual Working Wounded Games. Hosted in conjunction with CrossFit Walter Reed and volunteers from other metro area CrossFit affiliates, the Working Wounded Games brings together veterans with combat-related disabil...
Statement of Raymond C. Kelley, director, National Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States before the Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs United States House of Representatives with respect to Focused Issues on Dignified Burials: A National Cemetery Update.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Foundation is pleased to announce that for the seventh consecutive year, BURGER KING® Franchisees across the country will host a fundraiser to benefit the VFW Unmet Needs program during the month of November. Patrons of participating BURGER KING® Restaurants are encouraged to donat...
“The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States appreciates the compromise and is pleased the government has reopened, but the short-term funding package brings little assurance to America’s veteran and military communities that what just ended won’t happen again in three months. “The VFW once again calls on Congress to p...
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of United States again called for an end to the government shutdown this morning alongside other veteran and military service organizations at a press conference at the National World War II Memorial. It was the first time the veteran and military service organization community had united with one voice to demand that...
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of United States will be calling for an end to the government shutdown alongside other veteran and military service organizations at a 10 a.m. press conference, Tuesday, at the National World War II Memorial. “The longer the shutdown the more severe the fallout, to now include the impending threat of no disability or...
Beginning today, more than 1,100 Sport Clips Haircuts locations will come together on a single mission - to raise $575,000 for the company's annual "Help A Hero" fundraising campaign, benefiting the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Since 2007, the Help A Hero program has supported the VFW's Operation Uplink™ "Free Call Days," making more than 2 mill...
WASHINGTON – As a result of the ongoing shutdown, the Department of Veterans Affairs GI Bill hotline, 1-888-GIBILL-1, remains offline, meaning veterans have very few places to turn for reliable information on accessing their earned GI Bill benefits. To counter the lack of customer service, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VF...
Yesterday, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Eric Shinseki, confirmed what we already knew. Millions of veterans and their dependents are on the verge of disaster unless elected officials are willing to put their own pride and political interests aside and focus on their duty. Those who have borne the burden of battle are now endangered by the very p...
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