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Jun 22 2022

VFW 2022 Voice of Democracy Winners Attend Spirit of America Youth Leadership Program at Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge

VALLEY FORGE, Penn., – Over 30 VFW 2022 Voice of Democracy state winners traveled to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to attend the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge’s Spirit of America Youth Leadership program. For years, the two organizations have been connected through the VFW’s Voice of Democracy program, a patriotic audio essay competition that, in 2022, had nearly 25,000 high school students competing for the $30,000 national grand prize scholarship. Every year the t...
Jun 22 2022

Pending Legislation

Statement of Tammy Barlet, 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 Health With Respect To Pending Legislation Washington, D.C. Chairwoman Brownley, Ranking Member Bergman, 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 Auxiliary, than...
Jun 22 2022

Memorials Honor Nation's Fallen

The VFW has long been privileged to help preserve the memory of America’s war dead. Here is an update on memorials in our nation’s capital as well as a new addition to a memorial at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. KOREAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL TO OPEN THIS SUMMER In October 2016, the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act (P.L. 114-230) was signed. Last year, the improvements and additions to the memorial began. The Wall of Remembrance is set to be complet...
Jun 21 2022

Louisiana Post Receives 2022 National Community Service Award

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce that Freddie John Falgout Post 3665 in Raceland, Louisiana, was selected to receive the 2022 VFW Fred C. Hall Memorial Outstanding Post Special Project Award, a prestigious award that recognizes VFW Posts for notable and exceptional community service projects. VFW Post 3665 was selected for its tireless work aiding and supporting its hometown in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in the fall of 2021. ...
Jun 20 2022

'It's a Wonderful Symbol of America'

When President Joe Biden signed a law on Oct. 13, 2021, that designates a 1,300-mile trail called the September 11th National Memorial Trail, it served as the culmination of two decades of planning for David Brickley. Brickley, who heard the news while on a business trip in Austria, fused his gratification with the memory of the project’s genesis in the wake of one of America’s darkest days. In September 2001, Brickley served as director of Virginia’s Department of Conse...

 

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