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Jan 16 2025

Honoring Silver Star Recipient

Members of VFW Post 1548 in Libby, Montana, led a successful campaign to rename a local bridge in honor of a Silver Star recipient who lost his life in the Vietnam War. Known personally by some members of Post 1548, Arthur Rambo was a standout baseball player at Libby High School, where he also performed in talent shows and sang in the school choir...

Jan 15 2025

VFW Leaders Kick Off New Year With Troop Visits Abroad

WASHINGTON — Last week, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief Carol Whitmore, Washington Office Executive Director Ryan Gallucci and Director of Operations Brad Hazelllanded in Brussels to begin an eight-day command visit to Belgium and Germany, visiting major commands such asNATO’s Supreme Headquarters of Allie...

Jan 13 2025

Sport Clips Haircuts Donates $1.33M to VFW for Help A Hero, the Largest Veteran Scholarship Program of its Kind

DENVER – For the ninth year in a row, Sport Clips Haircuts presented a check to the VFW Foundation for more than $1M toward Help A Hero Scholarships for veterans, the largest veterans’ scholarship program of its kind. The donation presentation was held at VFW Post 1 in downtown Denver, known for its historic significance and dedication ...

Jan 09 2025

Destination Rhode Island

As VFW continues its year-long 125th anniversary celebration, VFW magazine visited Rhode Island in October to highlight four VFW Posts for the “Destination Post Series.” The four featured “Ocean State” VFW Posts were chosen because of the positive impact each has on the communities in which the Posts are located. ‘OUR...

Jan 08 2025

VFW Announces Annual Publications Contest

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is now accepting submissions for its 2024 National Publications Contest. VFW publications published up to four times annually, or five or more times annually, will be judged in four categories. The categories are: Department-level publications: Newspaper/Newsletter ...

Jan 07 2025

‘Changing Lives’ At The VFW National Home

On March 2, 1925, in Halfway, Michigan, WWI veteran Sgt. Edward Pollett left his home to go pick up his retirement pay at Fort Wayne, Michigan. He was struck by a streetcar in Detroit and died. His wife, Annie, and their six children were left penniless. The Halfway VFW Post intervened and contacted the VFW Department of Michigan Commander Dr. Clar...

Jan 06 2025

VFW Celebrates Long Overdue Victory as Dole Act Signed into Law

WASHINGTON (Jan. 6, 2025) — I am pleased to hear the news, along with more than 7.8 million transitioning servicemembers, veterans, caretakers, and survivors, that The Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, also known as the Dole Act, was officially signed into law by President Biden late last we...

Jan 06 2025

VFW Continues Advocacy for Unaddressed Toxic Exposure

The Honoring Our PACT Act, passed in August 2022, provides veterans who served in countries such as Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq with expanded access to VA health care and earned disability benefits due to exposure to burn pits and other toxic substances. Some consider the PACT Act to be the most significant piece of veteran legislation in history...

Jan 03 2025

VFW Urges Vigilance in the Wake of New Years Day Terror Attack

WASHINGTON — Like all of you, I was shocked at the news of the early morning ISIS-inspired rampage in New Orleans that senselessly took the lives of 14 innocent Americans and injured many more on New Year’s Day. What makes this act of terror so egregious is that it was carried out by someone who once wore the uniform and swore an allegi...

Jan 02 2025

VFW Foundation Warmly Welcomes New Executive Director

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Foundation is thrilled to announce Past National VFW Commander-in-Chief Hal Roesch II as its new executive director. A 501(c)3 nonprofit headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, the VFW Foundation is instrumental in ensuring the VFW can accomplish its mission of "honoring the dead by helpin...