Members of VFW Post 10417 Harrison, Arkansas, have been busy the past few months. On April 13, the Post’s annual celebration banquet was held to honor several individuals for their time and talents throughout the year. Three middle-school students were recognized for winning top spots in the Patriot’s Pen essay contest. Kayden Ann Loveday claimed first place with an essay that captures the essence of the American spirit, highlighting the diversity, freedoms and opportuni...
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 machines, which they have since replaced with display cases in more than a dozen locations and growing. “We’re both addicted to...
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 momentous occasion. All VFW Posts are invited to be the catalyst to get their communities involved in commemorating the contributions of all veterans ...
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 the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum in Chicago, as well as other museums and veterans art collections that include the L...
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, were at a supermarket in town on May 5 for the Buddy Poppy drive. “It was Milo’s first time giving out Buddy Poppies,” Alden sai...
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