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WASHINGTON — Absentee Voting Week is a reminder that it’s still possible for eligible U.S. voters overseas to register and to vote, the acting director of the department’s Federal Voting Assistance Program said today. “It’s not too late to vote,” Pamela S. Mitchell told reporters during a telephone news conferenc...
Each year on September 29, VFW Day is celebrated at Posts and in communities around the world. It’s a day devoted to the organization and its dedicated members who are so deeply committed to serving those who bravely serve this nation. This year marks the 113th year since the VFW was established. On September 29, 1899, a small group of Spani...
VFW has supported the education of our country’s most promising and talented students with impressive scholarships for more than 60 years. We’re excited to announce that now is the time to submit an audio-essay for VFW’s Voice of Democracy scholarship competition, open to students in grades 9-12. This year’s theme: “I...
Today we salute the men and women who served and sacrificed to keep America free. We also recognize the families of the missing, those who continue to hope and pray that their loved ones will one day return home from their wars. Eighty-three thousand Americans are currently listed as missing and unaccounted-for, dating back to World War II. Eighty-...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — America’s largest organization of combat veterans has appointed a Vietnam War veteran Assistant Adjutant General for the 1.4 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Jerry Newberry was installed as VFW Assistant Adjutant General on Sept. 19 in Kansas City. As the Chief of Staff for the Adjutant Ge...
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION On September 11, 2001, a bright autumn day was darkened by the worst attack on the American people in our history. Thousands of innocent men, women, and children perished when mighty towers collapsed in the heart of New York City and wreckage burned in Pennsylvania and at the Pent...
September is national Suicide Prevention Month, an important reminder that you can make a difference in the life of a Veteran every month and every day. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) needs organizations and individuals across the country to educate their communities about the signs of suicide risk and raise awareness about the free, ...
WASHINGTON —The national legislative committee of America’s largest and oldest major combat veterans’ organization convenes in Washington this week to urge the 112th Congress to finish strong for veterans before it adjourns later this month until after the November elections. Seventy committee members of the Veterans of Foreign Wa...
Marine Cpl. Ricardo Aponte was honorably discharged in 2009 after serving in Iraq. Though he looked healthy when he returned home, he, like so many others returning from the battlefield, was carrying invisible wounds with him, facing PTSD and depression. Due to his medications and the severity of his conditions, Aponte wasn’t able to maintai...
The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., the nation’s largest organization of combat veterans, applauded the president’s signing of an executive order this morning designed to curb military and veteran suicide and improve the delivery of mental health resources to our nation’s heroes. “Today, more ...
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