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The Veterans of Foreign Wars ( VFW ), formally the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, is a patriotic organization of U.S. war veterans who fought in wars, campaigns, and expeditions on foreign land, waters, or airspace as military service members. [5] [7] Established on September 29, 1899, in Columbus, Ohio, [8] the VFW is ...
Voice of Democracy ( VOD) is an annual nationwide scholarship program sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). It is an audio- essay contest for high school students in grades 9-12. The program annually provides more than $2.3 million in scholarships. The first-place winner, who competes with all the first-place VFW Department (state ...
Vietnam Veterans Against the War ( VVAW) is an American tax-exempt non-profit organization and corporation founded in 1967 to oppose the United States policy and participation in the Vietnam War. VVAW is a national veterans ' organization that campaigns for peace, justice, and the rights of all United States military veterans.
The order (originally known as the Military Order of the Cootie, U.S.A.) was established on September 17, 1920, in Washington, D.C., by Fred C. Madden and F. L. Gransbury. The organization was modeled after the Imperial Order of the Dragon, an auxiliary to the United Spanish American War Veterans. The name "cootie" is a reference to the lice ...
The following list of Australian magazines have been sorted according to circulation data that is relevant as of December 2012: [29] Rank 1. Name. Circulation. Founded. Publisher. 1. Australian Women's Weekly. 470,331.
Loyalty Day is defined as follows in 36 U.S.C. § 115 : (a) Designation.—. May 1 is Loyalty Day. (b) Purpose.—. Loyalty Day is a special day for the reaffirmation of loyalty to the United States and for the recognition of the heritage of American freedom. (c) Proclamation.—. The President is requested to issue a proclamation—.
James E. "Jim" Jones, a Casper, Wyoming building contractor and a veteran of the World War II United States Army Air Forces founded the Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps in 1957 as an activity for local youth. [1] In his own youth, Jones had won the American Legion individual snare drum championship while a member of Casper's Sons of the American ...
VFW. Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke (VFW) was a West German aerospace manufacturer . The company was formed by the 1964 merger of two German aerospace firms, Focke-Wulf and Weser Flugzeugbau GmbH (Weserflug). The formation of VFW was a natural outcome, as the two companies had been collaborating, along with Hamburger Flugzeugbau (HFB), in the ...