The idea came to Nathan Moran and his girlfriend, Michelle Decker, while on a date. The VFW and Auxiliary members of Post 7581 in Wayland, Mich., often had their date nights at VFW or American Legion halls, basking in the company of veterans and family members sharing stories in the spirit of camaraderie. During this…

Members of a VFW Post in a Kansas City, Missouri, suburb have dedicated their efforts to conducting honors for veterans who have passed away. Members of VFW Post 10906 in Gladstone, Missouri, have spent more than two decades conducting funeral honors. Joe Lyles, the coordinator of Post 10906’s honor guard, recalled that the Post’s honor…

A decade ago, while driving in his home state of Oregon, Dick Tobiason, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, realized that none of the highways in the state recognized or honored veterans. He wanted to change that. Tobiason, a member of VFW Post 4108 in Redmond, Oregon, founded the Bend Heroes Foundation in Bend, Oregon. On…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce the second annual VFW Day of Service kicks off May 6, marking the start of veteran-led community service projects to take place throughout the month. The VFW Day of Service was born from the organization’s award-winning #StillServing campaign launched in 2020…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) was named the winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the Corporate & Community – Community Engagement Event category for its inaugural VFW Day of Service campaign in The 21st Annual American Business Awards® yesterday. The American Business Awards (ABA) is the nation’s premier business…

Having completed his first marathon in 2015 at 78 years old, Bob Gravley had an idea. A Korean War veteran, Gravley crossed the finish line of the OBX Towne Bank Marathon that day in Outer Banks, North Carolina, with a notion of hosting a marathon back home in Salem, Missouri. Salem, in all its rural…