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Dec 16 2022

'We Don't Want These Things To Be Forgotten'

For as long as there has been a VFW presence in Madison, West Virginia, the Christmas spirit has remained within reach of all in and around the community. Without missing a beat in more than 70 years, members of VFW Post 5578 and its Auxiliary members in Madison have annually prepared and distributed baskets of food to residents in nursing homes an...

Dec 15 2022

Marking Milestones in Iraq

WASHINGTON — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) joins a grateful nation in remembering the end of the Iraq War and honoring the service and sacrifice of the veterans of the conflict. On this day 11 years ago, then - General Lloyd J. Austin III cased the colors of the U.S. Forces – Iraq, officially marking the end of Operation New Dawn. ...

Dec 14 2022

VFW Action Alert: Last Chance for Congress to Support Veterans this Year

Background The Senate must pass this critically needed legislation before the end of the 117th Congress. The House has done its part, and now the Senate must finish the job. H.R. 1361, the Advancing Uniform Transportation Opportunities for Veterans Act, also known as the AUTO for Veterans Act, would ease the financial burden of the most severely di...

Dec 14 2022

‘Some of the Best Resources We Have in Our Corner’

Anthony R. Hansen, 71, lives in Alaska with his wife of 50 years, Debi. Proud parents of four, the two enjoy watching their kids build families of their own. “They have grown to be very wonderful adults, and all have married and now have children,” said Hansen. “So, you can see that this part of my life has been, and still is, ver...

Dec 08 2022

Georgia Forest Named for VFW Member

Tom Reilly spent his childhood playing and roaming the splendorous fields and forests in western DeKalb County, Georgia. The towns of Chamblee, Dunwoody and what is now Brookhaven were filled with wild life. Reilly’s love of this area northeast of Atlanta led to a life of forestry preservation. It seems appropriate that a greenspace along Bro...

Dec 07 2022

Fulfilling our Pact: Ensuring Effective Implementation of Toxic Exposure Legislation

Statement of Kristina Keenan, Assistant Director National Legislative Service Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States For the Record United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs With Respect To Fulfilling our Pact: Ensuring Effective Implementation of Toxic Exposure Legislation WASHINGTON, D.C. Chairman Takan...

Dec 07 2022

VFW Remembers Pearl Harbor

WASHINGTON — Today is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) encourages all Americans to pause and reflect on the attack 81 years ago that changed the course of history and brought together the nation to defend our sovereignty, confront tyranny and win back freedom around the world. The Japanese attack re...

Dec 05 2022

WWII Rangers Earn Congressional Gold Medal

America’s World War II Army Rangers received a collective Congressional GoldMedal on June 7. President Joe Biden signed legislation P.L. 117-132 that day, which authorized the awards. They were recognized for their “bravery and sacrifice in combat” and earned the Gold Medal for “contributing greatly to the military success&r...

Dec 02 2022

‘We Are Always Thinking About Them’

Veterans living at Brickmont Assisted Living in Woodstock, Georgia, have a “Veterans Resource Reading Area” thanks to members of VFW Post 12002 in nearby Alpharetta. Past Post Chaplain Dennis Parmer said that when he established the reading area in June, he did it so that VFW would be represented each day at the facility. “We want...

Dec 01 2022

'This is Life-Changing for Our Patients’

They gathered on an afternoon stitched in gray, serenadedby a brass band playing on the manicured lawn of the American Legion Pavilion at the local VA hospital in Bedford, Massachusetts. Several dozen veterans, many confined to wheelchairs, welcomed a new trolley draped in the proverbial red, white and blue of their beloved nation on June 23, a $12...