Earlier this year, President Donald J. Trump bestowed the nation’s highest military award for valor on five veterans of U.S. conflicts that included World War II, Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan. On Feb. 24, during his State of the Union address, the President awarded the Medal of Honor (MOH) to Korean War veteran and retired Navy Capt. Elmer Royce Williams and Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Eric Slover, who served in Operation Absolute Resolve, the recent mission to remove...
WASHINGTON – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) strongly condemns today’s disgraceful vandalism of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. It is difficult to comprehend that anyone would deliberately deface a sacred memorial dedicated to the 16 million Americans who served during World War II, including the more than 400,000 who made the ultimate sacrifice. Defacing this memorial with graffiti and paint and dumping soap into its fountains is not an act of ...
Across the country, VFW Posts are discovering that the most effective path to membership sustainability is not a single campaign or recruitment push. Rather, it is the steady work of building authentic relationships within the communities. By meeting veterans where they already gather, Posts can create meaningful connections that translate into long-term engagement, renewed purpose and stronger organizations. One such example comes from VFW Post 7356 in Parkville, Missou...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce 115 student veterans were selected to receive VFW’s “Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarships” for the 2026 fall semester. The student veterans will collectively receive nearly $550,000 in financial grants, helping to ease their student loan burden and provide peace of mind to hundreds of military and veteran families across the country. See the full list of recipients. Established more than a decade ...
Each year, VFW provides high school students from across the country and other parts of the world the opportunity to express themselves through a democratic- and patriotic-themed recorded essay. This premiere program is Voice of Democracy (VOD). Likewise, middle school students may participate in the Patriot’s Pen written essay contest. In April, the 2025–2026 VOD Department winners and the Patriot’s Pen national winner traveled to historic Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Th...
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