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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 Veterans of Foreign Wars Building in Reno, Nevada, located at 255 VFW Historic Ln, is a historic building that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2008. [1] [2] The building was a combined work of VFW Post 207 (founded 1926) and VFW Post 9211 (founded 1944), and includes a "semi-subterranean hall" in Reno's Tighe ...
Sep. 15—SCRANTON — Dating to 1917, a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in North Scranton that is one of the oldest in the nation hopes to last for another century, at least. While many other VFWs ...
On West 33rd Street, just north of the VFW headquarters on Broadway in Kansas City, James Alan Waters, 72, opened the door to his studio. He’s lived in the complex for a decade. A Chiefs blanket ...
Officials with the Medway FVW Post 1526 say they have surrendered their liquor license but that they remain in their 123 Holliston St. headquarters.
The national headquarters, informally known as American Legion headquarters, is located on the Indiana World War Memorial Plaza at 700 North Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, Indiana. It is the headquarters for the National Commander of The American Legion and also houses the archives, library, Membership, Internal Affairs, Public Relations ...
The building was taken over by the United States Army as a coastal defense headquarters during World War II. After the war, the city leased the Beach Chalet to the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) for $50 a month. [9] The VFW moved out after the city bumped the rent to $500 a month in 1979. [9]