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5/1/2026 - To advertise in the VFW magazine, please contact GLM Communications. Unfortunately, no public service announcements (PSAs) are accepted at this time. GLM Communications, Inc. Advertising Manager Gerald Massa 500 1st St. Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 Phone: 212.929.1300 Fax: 212.929.9574 Email GLM Communications, Inc. Download the VFW's current rate card, media kit, and Checkpoint sales flyer. If you have a problem with a product you have purchased as the result of an advert...
5/1/2026 - Before Memorial Day in 1922, we conducted our first poppy distribution, becoming the first veterans' organization to organize a nationwide distribution. The poppy soon was adopted as the official memorial flower of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, as it remains today. During our 1923 encampment, we decided that VFW "Buddy"® Poppies would be assembled by disabled and needy veterans who would be paid for their work to provide them with financial assista...
7/13/2017 - Statement of Michael Figlioli, Deputy Director National Veterans Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before the Subcommittees on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs and Oversight & Investigations Committee on Veterans’ Affairs United States House of Representatives With Respect To “Examining VA’s Processing of Gulf War Illness Claims” WASHINGTON, D.C Chairmen Bost and Bergman, Ranking Members Esty and Kuster and members of the Subcommitte...
11/7/2014 - KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On Wednesday, the Kansas City Chiefs announced a joint initiative with Anheuser-Busch to benefit Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) programs as part of Military Appreciation Month during the month of November. Through the program, seven local Anheuser-Busch wholesalers in Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas will donate $0.05 per case of Bud Light sold throughout the month of November. The participating wholesalers include County Beverage (Lee’s Summit, Mo....
5/18/2017 - WASHINGTON – Today, combat veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), U.S Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced bipartisan legislation to make health care more affordable for America’s veterans. Their Veterans Preventive Health Coverage Fairness Act would stop forcing our nation’s veterans to pay out-of-pocket costs for essential preventive health medications and prescription drugs and add preventive medications and serv...
3/10/2020 - Statement of Patrick Murray, Deputy Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity With Respect To "Pending Legislation" WASHINGTON, D.C. Chairman Levin, Ranking Member Bilirakis, and members of the Subcommittee, on behalf of the men and women of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) and its Aux...
11/20/2013 - STATEMENT OF RAYMOND C. KELLEY, DIRECTOR NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE SERVICE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE RECORD COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WITH RESPECT TO Building VA’s Future – Confronting Persistent Challenges in VA’S Major Construction and Lease Programs WASHINGTON, D.C. MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE: On be...
9/17/2014 - On September 19, we pause to remember the sacrifices of the 83,193 Americans who are still missing or unaccounted for. We remember their families – those whose pain and suffering does not subside with the passage of time. POW/MIA Recognition Day serves to remind us that the true cost of war extends far beyond the last shots being fired. WWII claimed more than 130,000 Americans taken as prisoners of war, and at the beginning of this month, continues to list 7...
10/17/2012 - WASHINGTON — The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. returned last week from a trip to Europe to meet with Russian officials regarding their renewed support of America's POW/MIA mission, and to meet with U.S. troops stationed in Italy to discuss how VFW can better serve them and their families. In Moscow, John E. Hamilton met with the leadership of the Committees for Veterans Affairs and Defense in their State Duma, and the Russian Federation C...
5/29/2012 - After several years of coordination, a senior delegation from the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. was permitted inside the Chinese military archives in Beijing today. The visit is the first time representatives from any nongovernmental organization have entered the People’s Liberation Army’s Archives. “It was a unique honor that we hope will further our government’s effort to return unaccounted-for American servicemen home to their families,” said VFW Senior Vi...
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