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Jun 21 2024

Devega CBD

When Scott Vanlandingham and Chris Bentler founded Devega CBD in 2018, they wanted to provide people, especially veterans, with an alternative to replacing prescription opioids. The Texas-based pair began by setting up an online website and establishing five locations at VFW Posts across the state to distribute their CBD products through vending ma...

Jun 21 2024

Celebrating 125 Years of Helping Veterans and Their Families

This year marks the beginning of VFW’s celebration of its 125th anniversary. Founded on Sept. 29, 1899, VFW has made a legacy in the lives of veterans and their families – it is a legacy that endures. As the nation’s oldest combat veterans organization, VFW has many opportunities this year for its members to recognize this momento...

Jun 21 2024

‘I Drew The War’

When Carl Les Fordahl left the Vietnam War in 1971, his art, a collection of paintings, photographs and combat sketches, went into a closet before resurfacing again two decades after his service. The art, which captures locations and moments during the Vietnam War, drew interest from other veterans who over the years encouraged him to donate it to ...

Jun 21 2024

Michigan Post Continues Buddy Poppy Tradition

A Post in the Great Lakes State distributes hundreds of Buddy Poppies to its community. Members of a VFW Post in Paw Paw, Michigan, continue to keep the tradition of distributing Buddy Poppies to community members. VFW Auxiliary member Barb Alden said her husband, Jim Alden, commander of Post 2532 in Paw Paw, Michigan, and their grandson, Milo, wer...

Jun 20 2024

VFW’s Day of Service

VFW members around the world delved into VFW’s third annual Day of Service this year, an initiative to engage veterans, service members and local advocates in a widespread attempt to make a meaningful impact in their communities. This year’s Day of Service built on the success of the previous two years, as VFW Posts in all 50 states, as...

Jun 20 2024

Student Veterans Have Voices Heard on Capitol Hill

Since 2013, members of VFW and SVA have had the opportunity to make their voices heard on Capitol Hill. The veterans involved in the VFW-SVA Legislative Fellowship program are allowed to meet lawmakers and administrators responsible for implementing veterans’ policy on Capitol Hill. VFW’s collaboration with SVA provides students with a ...

Jun 20 2024

Pack Your Bags with the Help of the VFW Store

Whether you are travelling to the VFW National Convention next month in Louisville, Kentucky, going to a family reunion, or taking a vacation, you will find a variety of travel pieces at the VFW Store to help you get ready for your trip. The VFW Store carries two luggage tags for your contact information. One tag has a U.S. flag design and the othe...

Jun 19 2024

Veterans Treatment Courts Give Veterans a Second Chance

Approximately 3.3 million veterans have served since Sept. 11, 2001, and nearly half of them had deployments to combat zones. Not surprisingly, veterans with combat experience are more likely to have had traumatic experiences. According to a PEW Research study in 2018, seven out of 10 of these veterans knew someone who had been injured or killed an...

Jun 18 2024

'We Have an Amazing Community Here'

This month, VFW magazinecontinues its “Destination Post Series.” The series will feature 125 VFW Posts located in sought-after tourist destinations. Featured VFW Posts are those that make a real difference in the communities in which the Posts are located. This month’s article takes VFW magazine readers to the Memphis, Tennessee, ...

Jun 17 2024

‘That Is What Matters To Us’

On the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, three members of the VFW Department of Montana participated in bringing home the remains of an unidentified Marine killed in action at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands more than 2,000 miles southwest of Pearl Harbor. VFW Post 10010 member Tim Sowa of East Helena joined Post 276 members Mike Pr...