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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 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 Hall-Slater Post was formed in 1945 and currently has 122 members. Nationally, the VFW has more than 1.4 million post and auxiliary members. According to the VFW's website, ...
The by-laws of the fund changed several times over the years; the version adopted in 1992 is the one currently in use: The purpose of the National Welfare Fund is to provide assistance in the form of grants to veteran members, their families, or a Ukrainian American Veterans Post, as aid in times of distress; also to provide gifts or grants to ...
An auxiliary membership is available for men and women who did not serve but want to help. Members of the Sgt. Charles A. Fricke VFW Post 805 march in the annual Veterans Day parade in O’Fallon ...
In 2019, the American Legion's National Convention voted to replace the word "wife" with "spouse" in the organization's constitution and bylaws section regarding eligibility to be a member of the American Legion Auxiliary; since then, male and female spouses of U.S. veterans have been eligible. Previously, only female spouses of U.S. veterans were.
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The association has 3 membership classifications: Full Members (those with verified combat service), Support Members (non-combat military service), and Auxiliary members (spouse, widow or widower of a good standing CVMA member) [1] (see bylaws). The CVMA(R) has members from all 50 states and living abroad.