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 FOCUS IS SERVICE’ On a Monday in October, members of VFW Post 406 gathered on a clear, crisp fall evening on the lawn of the Elks Lodge just steps from th...
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 Defined as being printed on newspaper stock. Best Feature Story All publications judged...
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. Clarence Candler to ask about placement for the Pollett family in a newly established home outside Eaton Rapids, Michigan. Annie ...
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 week. The Dole Act will expand VA benefits, modernize healthcare delivery, and cut through much of the red tape that prevents veteran...
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. But VFW’s work on military toxic exposures is not over. The PACT Act was originally intended to address not only health con...
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