Posts Tagged ‘VFW’

The nation’s largest veterans organization was dealt a snub from the Commander In Chief himself when he failed to appear at their national convention.  The move marks the first time in 112 years that the president, vice president or a senior cabinet official did not appear before the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Approval of Obama [...]

Faced with a registered political action committee bearing the VFW’s name going rogue, the organization’s national commander called for the dissolution of VFW-PAC.  The announcement comes on the heels of an uproar created by partisan endorsements released by the PAC against VFW members’ will. VFW National Commander Richard Eubank sent a memorandum to the organization’s [...]

A list of congressional candidate endorsements by the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ political action committee has caused a veritable revolt within the 111 year old organization.  The endorsements, made by an 11 member board with no input from the VFW membership, were heavily biased toward incumbents with no true evaluation of the candidates’ qualifications.  The [...]

Some folks just don’t quite get it. Burning a flag is almost certain to get a veteran upset. Going out and doing it on a lawn of a Veterans of Foreign Wars post is just dumb. In Valley Falls, NY, one man was taught quite a lesson by the VFW post commander for doing just [...]