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Patriot's Pen challenges students from grades 6-8, to enter to win one of 46 national awards totaling US$55,000, as well as $5,000 and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. for the national first-place winner. Students draft a 300-400-word essay, expressing their views based on a patriotic, annual theme chosen by the VFW Commander in Chief.
He was the national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars from 1934 to 1936. He later corroborated Butler's testimony regarding the Business Plot , stating that 'agents of Wall Street' had also attempted to recruit him for a planned coup to overthrow Franklin Delano Roosevelt , shortly after Butler warned him against them.
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), one of the nation’s largest and oldest veteran advocacy organizations, on Friday condemned former President Trump’s recent statement comparing the Medal of ...
While the national Veterans of Foreign Wars recognized LGBTQ+ Pride Month, Kansas VFW Commander James Langley criticized it.
Paul Herrera poses in front of the Puyallup Tribal Veterans Memorial. Herrera is the first person from Puyallup to be elected Washington State commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars organization.
On 23 July 2018, Dunford received the coveted "Dwight D. Eisenhower" award during a ceremony from the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars). On 10 May 2019, he received the same award from the National Defense Industrial Association. [48] On 7 December 2018, Dunford received the Andrew J. Goodpaster award from the George C. Marshall Foundation. [49]
Daniel James Jr. was born on February 11, 1920, to Daniel and Lillie Anna (Brown) James. Daniel James Sr. worked for the Pensacola city gas company, while his mother, Lillie Anna James, was a high school teacher who established a private school for her own and other Black children in Pensacola, Florida. [2]
He continued his National Guard service after the war, commanding the 105th Infantry Regiment as a colonel, [11] and the 53rd Brigade as a brigadier general. [12] He retired from the National Guard in 1940. [13] Active in veterans organizations, Kearney served as National Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars from 1936 to 1937. [14]