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The Military Order of the Cootie of the United States (MOC, or simply Military Order of the Cootie) is a national honor degree membership association separately constituted as a subordinate and as an auxiliary order chartered by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW). [1] The organization's services include supporting the VFW ...
75th Anniversary 10c postage stamp (1974). The VFW resulted from the amalgamation of several societies formed immediately following the Spanish–American War.In 1899, little groups of veterans returning from campaigning in Cuba and the Philippine Islands, founded local societies upon a spirit of comradeship known only to those who faced the dangers of that war side by side.
The organization was designed to assist the GAR and provide post-war relief to Union veterans. [2] The GAR had been created as a "fraternal" organization and refused to allow women to join up until the creation of this auxiliary. [2] It is largely dedicated to historical preservation of research and official documentation related to the WRC and ...
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Logo used by the Veterans of Foreign Wars for the Voice of Democracy program. Voice of Democracy (VOD) is an annual nationwide scholarship program sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). It is an audio-essay contest for high school students in grades 9-12. The program annually provides more than $2.3 million in scholarships.
Graf was named the 2024 recipient of the Smart/Maher Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) National Citizenship Education Teacher Award at the high school level. The award was presented during the 125th ...
Soon after the Spanish–American War ended, in early 1899, discharged veterans formed fraternal societies to keep in touch with their former comrades. These included the Spanish War Veterans, the Spanish–American War Veterans, the Servicemen of the Spanish War, American Veterans of Foreign Service, the Army of the Philippines, the Veteran Army of the Philippines, the Legion of Spanish War ...
The World War Veterans (WWV) was established in 1919 as a progressive organization of American veterans of the First World War.It officially claimed to have been organized just 9 days after the armistice, on November 20, 1918 in Bois, France, while the group filed formal certificate of incorporation in New York state on February 13, 1919.